Dutch trial establishes feasibility of screening approach in routine specialty care ...

The FDA has approved the Apple Watch's atrial fibrillation history feature under its stringent Medical Device Development Tools program that specifies what devices health professionals can rely on.

Using a wearable device, such as a smart watch, to track health data and symptoms, is supposed to help people monitor their health and address symptoms as quickly as possible to spur positive health ...

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 ...

Apple Watch already features an electrocardiogram that alerts wearers to signs of irregular heart rhythms that could potentially indicate they have AFib. The feature offers wearers a route to the ...

NATICK, Mass., European regulators have approved an expanded indication for the Boston Scientific Corporation WATCHMAN ® Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Closure Device. The new indication offers patients ...

Smart watch Using photoplethysmography (PPG) embedded in a smartwatch or wristband, patients can take an ECG with the tap of a button. Wearable devices such as smartwatches have demonstrated accuracy ...

Atrial fibrillation is a heart a condition that may have no symptoms, causes your heart to beat out of whack, and can put your health at risk. It's also a condition that some of tech's biggest names ...

Patients with atrial fibrillation, or AFib, are at increased risk for stroke.Many of them go on blood thinners, which can cause problems. But there is a relatively new device that is being used ...

In addition to a physical exam, medical history, blood tests, and electrocardiograms (ECG or EKG) to diagnose atrial fibrillation (afib), your doctor may have you wear a heart monitor for a few days ...