Demonstrating one potential application of the technology, an automated algorithm tied to the KardiaBand wearable ECG (AliveCor) performed “reasonably well” at detecting A-fib in patients scheduled ...

LISBON, Portugal—Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with new, symptomatic A-fib do not necessarily need to undergo immediate cardioversion, as is now common practice, the RACE 7 ...

A team of Ochsner Health cardiologists recently published an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Cardiology comparing two treatment strategies for patients with atrial ...

A heart shock may restore the heart’s rhythm and is a potential treatment for atrial fibrillation (AFib). Doctors also refer to heart shock as electrical cardioversion. In AFib, a person has an ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cardialen, Inc., has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) to begin a clinical trial of its ...

A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee has voted 11 to 2 against a recommendation that the agency approve a long-studied antiarrhythmic agent for cardioversion of recent-onset atrial ...

Gloria Lawless lived with atrial fibrillation, or AFib, for 14 years. After her cardiologist scheduled her for a ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) develops in almost one in five patients after left main coronary artery bypass surgery and is one of the strongest predictors for subsequent stroke and death, a post hoc ...

NEW YORK — Daniel Moore was about 30 the first time it happened. At the end of a long, hot, stressful day, he chugged an ice-cold glass of milk. “It felt like a bunny rabbit trying to jump out of my ...

In a recent article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on November 9, 2025, researchers examined the effect of coffee consumption on the recurrence of atrial fibrillation ...