Atrial fibrillation was diagnosed in 477 of 1,501 (31.8%) participants in the monitoring group and 550 of 4,503 (12.2%) participants in the control group (HR 3.17, 95% CI 2.81-3.59, P<0.001), reported ...

The longer and continuous recording duration of an event loop recorder may offer physicians the advantage of recording paroxysmal and often silent episodes of atrial fibrillation that would not be ...

July 14--A device a fraction of an inch long is providing George Saenz with a peace of mind he has never had before. Three weeks ago, the 67-year-old independent insurance agent had the Medtronic ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A tiny device is helping doctors quietly keep watch over their patient's hearts. One day last year, Peter Schreck suddenly lost half his field of vision. "I could see half the ...

Atrial fibrillation, or Afib, is a condition where the heart races or quivers, resulting in an irregular heartbeat. As many as six million Americans have it and the CDC suggests that number will ...

Do you know the signs of AFib? Dr. Jennifer Caudle joined Pete Scalia to explain the importance of monitoring your heart health and the potential risks of atrial fibrillation (AFib), including stroke.

Remote monitoring devices like insertable cardiac monitors have already massively cut down on the amount of time that clinicians must spend actively tracking patients’ conditions—but French startup ...

Blood pressure monitor maker Omron Healthcare has gotten approval for a new home monitor that can detect atrial fibrillation, or a-fib. The company uses a novel machine-learning algorithm, called ...

- Intellisense AFib Technology Able to Detect Possible Atrial Fibrillation with Every Measurement; May 17 Marks World Hypertension Day during May Measurement Month - OMRON Healthcare has partnered ...

MADRID -- Remote screening yielded new cases of atrial fibrillation (Afib or AF) in the general population that otherwise would have gone undetected and untreated, according to the AMALFI trial in the ...

Continuous cardiac monitoring with Vivalink devices following surgical discharge may improve early detection of postoperative arrhythmias, according to researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital ...