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  • The Pallas study looked at patients with permanent A-fib, which is more serious.

    Use of Heart Drug Restricted in Europe Thomas M. Burton 2011

  • Friday's approval was for long-term use in patients with the heartbeat known as "A-fib."

    FDA Approves Anticlotting Drug Thomas M. Burton 2011

  • Atrial fibrillation, better known as A-fib, makes your heart beat abnormally, out of rhythm.

    Breaking News: CBS News 2011

  • A-fib occurs when the upper chambers of the heart beat faster than the lower chambers, causing an irregular, racing heartbeat.

    Breaking News: CBS News 2011

  • Atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, increases the risk of strokes if left untreated.

    FDA Panel Rejects Medtronic Heart Device Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011

  • Other big companies like Johnson & Johnson , Bayer AG, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Medtronic Inc. all compete in different ways to treat A-fib, as it's called, and several drugs in the pipeline have billion-dollar-a-year potential, according to Wall Street analysts.

    FDA Reviews Heart-Rhythm Drug Thomas M. Burton 2011

  • The agency said a device study involving 210 patients met a study goal showing the device was superior to other ways of managing A-fib at six months.

    FDA Panel Rejects Medtronic Heart Device Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011

  • Because the nausea and A-fib can strike so suddenly, I can't risk being on a plane for five hours to visit my family in Atlanta.

    Double transplant for type 1 diabetes brings troubles, gifts 2010

  • Ablation devices are already being used to treat A-fib, usually in combination with another type of heart surgery such as valve replacement.

    FDA Panel Rejects Medtronic Heart Device Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011

  • Hugh Calkins , a doctor at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, who presented on behalf of Medtronic during the panel meeting, said patients in the study were considered a "high-risk" population who have a difficult to treat form of A-fib.

    FDA Panel Rejects Medtronic Heart Device Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011

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