Fitbit has recently launched a new feature that continuously monitors heart rate rhythms, and can look for atrial fibrillation using the PPG sensor. While this has an advantage over ECG watches ...

In the next in our Masterclass series, GP cardiologists Dr Christine A’Court and Dr Charles Gardiner explain the latest ...

The ECG reading checks if the heart’s upper and lower chambers are in rhythm. If it detects they’re out of rhythm, this could be a sign of the heart condition atrial fibrillation. In a 30 ...

After Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh walked off the field Sunday night with an atrial flutter flare-up, Newscenter 5 spoke with the deputy chair of Mass. General's Emergency Medicine ...

There’s every chance that your smartwatch fitted with ECG technology could detect a major heart condition. Today marks the start of Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Week, aimed at highlighting a ...

An Apple Watch detected atrial fibrillation in an elderly woman, prompting timely medical care. Tech enthusiast Nikias Molina ...

AF-CHF = Atrial Fibrillation and Congestive Heart Failure; AFFIRM = Atrial Fibrillation Follow-up Investigation of Rhythm Management; ATHENA = A placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel arm ...

In terms of getting checked, anybody can perform a basic pulse check to identify whether the rhythm appears to be regular.

Main outcome measures (1) Atrial rhythm on final follow up ECG, classified as either ordered (sinus rhythm or atrial pacing) or disordered (atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter or atrial tachycardia). ...

This is because the condition can be symptomless (asymptomatic or silent atrial fibrillation). And because the abnormal heartbeat can come and go, people might not be picked up when they have a ...

Former Welsh rugby union captain Alum Wyn Jones is the face of a new awareness campaign launching in the UK today to draw attention to atrial fibrillation (AF), an irregular and potentially life ...