Compared with regular checks in primary care, continuous ECG monitoring revealed more asymptomatic older people with hypertension as having atrial fibrillation (Afib), the SCREEN-AF trial showed. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Two studies found that mass screening for atrial fibrillation in older adults does not reduce stroke. In one ...

Asymptomatic AFib is a silent condition, so it often goes undetected until a routine physical, smart technology alert, or a ...

Apple has landed a new FDA clearance for an updated version of its ECG feature, allowing the tool to add a category called A-Fib with high heart rate. This comes a little over two years after Apple ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — In Friday’s Health headlines, February is heart month, and we’re talking about AFib, portable EKG devices, and how stress this season can be hard on the heart. Yale Medicine ...

The committee discussed the effects of atrial fibrillation. The clinical experts commented that earlier diagnosis of atrial fibrillation may reduce a person's risk of stroke because anticoagulation ...

Mass screening for atrial fibrillation using ECG together with heart failure biomarker does not prevent ischaemic stroke or systemic embolism (blood clot) in older adults aged 75-76 years over 5 years ...

The Skeptical Cardiologist received an email last week from a patient with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (Afib) saying she was having an episode, documented on her Apple Watch and Kardia device, but ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While many people do feel symptoms—a rapid heartbeat, skipping a beat, dizziness, extreme shortness of breath—up to a third of ...

Point-of-care screening for atrial fibrillation (A-fib) using a new generation of handheld electrocardiogram (ECG) devices increased the rate of diagnosis in patients 85 and older, but failed to show ...

The electrocardiogram built into recent Apple Watch models isn’t likely to give wearers false notifications that they have atrial fibrillation, a potentially dangerous heart condition. A clean bill of ...

The “gold standard” treatment for AFib that will make it increasingly possible was first performed in Utah at St. Mark's Hospital.