Search Tag: AF

Cardiology Management

Home-based-wearable-ecg-monitoring-patch-improves-af-diagnosis

2018 18 Jul

Among individuals at increased risk for atrial fibrillation (AF), use of a home-based self-applied electrocardiogram (ECG) patch facilitated AF diagnosis, according to a new study published in JAMA. Further research is needed regarding clinical implications of this finding, study authors note. For approximately 20 percent of individuals who...Read more

IMAGING Management

4d-imaging-software-predicts-stroke-risk

2016 17 Oct

A new imaging software programme, supported by the American Heart Association and the National Institutes of Health and published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging , can now predict who is most at risk for stroke.   It has been estimated that atrial fibrillation (AF) affects approximately 33.5 million people worldwide, and it is also...Read more