While the step counters and run tracker apps of the world get most of the attention, a growing number of apps in the marketplace are serving serious clinical needs. One is AliveCor‘s AliveECG app, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is a fast and irregular heart rhythm that, left untreated, can lead to blood clots, stroke and heart failure. It's the most common type of arrhythmia, a potentially ...

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 ...

Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is a fast and irregular heart rhythm that, left untreated, can lead to blood clots, stroke and heart failure. It's the most common type of arrhythmia, a potentially ...

A new staged framework for atrial fibrillation (Afib) classification was proposed in updated U.S. guidelines. Afib catheter ablation gained a broader class I recommendation from the American College ...

First-line treatment with pulsed field ablation (PFA) reduced the risk of recurrence of atrial arrhythmia among patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (Afib), the randomized AVANT GUARD trial ...