Different to blood thinners accessible for sufferers with atrial fibrillation
Rush College Medical Middle is providing a brand new, implantable cardiac system to scale back the chance of stroke in sufferers with atrial fibrillation, offering an alternative choice to the long-term use of blood thinners. Atrial fibrillation, or AFib for brief, at present impacts an estimated 5 million folks in the US and places them at 5 instances larger danger of stroke than folks with out the situation. AFib sufferers take blood thinners to scale back their danger of a stroke, however the remedy places them at larger danger of bleeding problems. "On condition that they aren't selective for the guts, these medicine enhance the chance of bleeding elsewhere," stated Dr. Kousik Krishnan, affiliate professor of medication and cardiac electrophysiologist at Rush. WATCHMAN Implant prevents clots from getting into bloodstream The most typical cardiac arrhythmia, AFib causes the higher chambers (atrium) of the guts to beat too rapidly and with irregular rhythm ( fibr...