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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LONDON -- Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) produced real short-term improvements for people with atrial fibrillation (Afib or AF), according to the first sham-controlled trial on the subject. Continuous ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients with ischemic stroke and no prior evidence of atrial fibrillation, implantable ECG monitoring for 12 ...