Those with AFib have a higher risk of stroke, heart failure, dementia, and early death. Right now, the industry standards ...

A group of 29 international experts says that simultaneous screening for hypertension and heart arrhythmia could prevent ...

Cardiac electrophysiologist Dr. Jonathan Piccini says Medtronic's Define AFib study offers important lessons for other device ...

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 ...

A group of 29 international experts says that simultaneous screening for hypertension and heart arrhythmia could prevent thousands of strokes.

A new report from the AF-SCREEN International Collaboration suggests that screening for both high blood pressure (hypertension) and irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation, AF) during routine medical ...

More consumer technology is being approved for medical use in Australia, from earbuds that work as hearing aids to ...

"The combination of high blood pressure and atrial fibrillation is like a ticking time bomb. A simple pulse check or an automatic alert of an irregular heart rate on a blood pressure monitor could ...