News: atrial fibrillation
Prof Prash Sanders presenting the HELP_AF study as late breaking trial at ESC 2019
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Story from European Society Media release. See link here for full details.
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Atrial fibrillation: Weight loss reverses heart condition in obesity sufferers
Published in the heart journal Europace, the researchers found that a 10% loss in weight along with management of associated risk factors, can reverse the progression of the disease.
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Channel 9 news story
Jessica Stanley from Channel 9 news reported on a collaborative clinical trial that 'for the first time, it found that the minimally invasive procedure was associated with a greater improvement in survival rates for atrial fibrillation patients compared to traditional treatments.'