Higher Yield for Non-Daily Symptom Patients: Non-daily symptom patients—those with symptoms occurring with a frequency less than once per day—had an 80.9% arrhythmia yield versus 69.1% in ...

The trial court had sided with the physician's efforts to toss the case, finding the negligence and wrongful death claims ...

With heart rate monitors now standard in smartwatches and fitness trackers, electrocardiograms (ECG/EKG) have rapidly become a common feature in health wearables. The technology is designed to ...

Recent trials of intensive glycemic control suggest a possible link between hypoglycemia and excess cardiovascular mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes. Hypoglycemia might cause arrhythmias ...

SUDDEN death in persons with artificial pacemakers is a continuing and disturbing problem. Causes include pacemaker-catheter displacement, electric-component failure, broken wires and rising ...

Two studies led by researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Mass General Brigham have greatly expanded the number of known genetic variants that boost the risk for atrial ...

Figure 1. Defining atrial fibrillation (AF) drivers. AF drivers are defined as localized sources of fast, repetitive activity from which activation propagates and breaks down into fibrillatory ...

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2008;31(8):1057-1063. Freedom from AF at 6 months Maze group 87.2% vs 9.4% control group 0.0001 Freedom from AF at 12 months Maze group 93.6% vs 9.4% control group 0. ...

Some children are born with a heart condition called a septal defect. This means there’s a hole in the wall that separates the heart’s four chambers. While this can be a scary diagnosis for any parent ...

Stroke is a serious risk for patients with atrial fibrillation, which is caused by a disruption of electrical signals in the muscles of the upper chambers of the heart. When the heart pumps in an ...