Weight Loss Cuts A-fib Events In Obese Patients

Patients who participated in an intensive weight-loss intervention experienced an 11.8 point reduction in atrial fibrillation symptom burden scores compared to a 2.6 point reduction among controls (P<0.001), Hany S. Abed, MBBS, from the University of Adelaide in Australia and colleagues reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The research was published to…