Vandalia Health Mon Medical Center recently achieved another first-in-state in heart care by combining two technologies to ...

Objectives To assess the risk of stroke/systemic embolism (SE) and major bleeding associated with the use of oral anticoagulants in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) in a real-world ...

Despite the appeal of wearable integrated ECG devices, there is a paucity of data evaluating their accuracy in diagnosing atrial fibrillation (AF ... and 12-lead ECG (n=200)) were recorded in 200 ...

The risk factor (RF) burden, clinical course, and long-term outcome among patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) aged <65 years is unclear. Adult (n=67 221; mean age, 72.4±12.3 years; and 45% women) ...

The belt-like device, attached around a patient's chest, uses ultrasound and works like a CT scanner. Rather than taking an isolated snapshot, it can produce a series of dynamic, high-resolution ...

Patients often describe AFib as feeling like their heart is flip-flopping or skipping beats, while others may have no symptoms and only discover they have it because of a smart watch or medical exam.

(InvestigateTV) — There’s a good chance you or someone you know is living with atrial fibrillation or AFib. The American Heart Association says 5 million people currently live with the condition.