AliveCor has received an additional FDA 510(k) clearance, this time for an algorithm that allows its smartphone ECG to detect atrial fibrillation -- an abnormal heart rhythm that isn't always ...

Smartphone-enabled heart monitor device maker AliveCor has launched a new app for patients, which is both timed with the new iOS 8 launch and incorporates the atrial fibrillation algorithm the company ...

Lu Chen, M.D., is a cardiologist specializing in electrophysiology with MyMichigan Physicians Group.

The CDC estimates that 2.5% of the US population—over 8 million people—suffer from valvular heart disease, in which one or more of the heart’s four valves is damaged or diseased. According to the ...

Current models of mortality risk after heart failure (HF) rely primarily on cardiac-specific clinical variables and may underestimate risk in elderly East Asian patients. Researchers from Japan used ...

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One initial treatment is a cardioversion, which involves using a defibrillator to deliver an electric shock to the heart to restore rhythm. It’s often successful, but sometimes only temporarily.

Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common chronic cardiac arrhythmia in clinical practice, is very challenging to treat once ...

Atrial fibrillation diagnosed before age 70 years is associated with a 21% increased risk of developing dementia and a 36% higher risk for early-onset forms of the condition, according to the results ...