Insufficient sleep raises heart rhythm disorder risk in adults
Getting enough sleep may be more important for heart health than many busy professionals realize. A new multicenter…
Smartwatches improve the detection of atrial fibrillation
Smartwatches with both PPG and ECG functionality improve the detection of atrial fibrillation in comparison with standard care. Researchers from Amsterdam UMC analysed the…
Human heart organoids enable new therapies for atrial fibrillation
Though an estimated 60 million people around the world have atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, a type of irregular…
Watch your heart, not your wrist
PETALING JAYA: Marketing executive Jac Lim is a 38-year-old fitness freak who works out regularly at a gym.…
Daily coffee linked to lower risk of irregular heart rhythm episode in AFib patients
Adults treated for atrial fibrillation (AFib) who drank a daily cup of coffee were 39% less likely to have an…
Study reveals double trouble for peripheral arterial disease patients with AFib
New research from Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City finds that patients diagnosed with peripheral arterial disease (PAD)…
Study shows that smartwatches often detect atrial fibrillation very reliably, with differences between Apple, Garmin, Fitbit and Samsung
Some background information may be needed for interpretation and classification, along with an explanation of technical terms. In…
Medication still better than procedure for some irregular heartbeat conditions
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Standard care, which included medication for those eligible, was better than a promising minimally invasive…
What Britain’s post-war sugar rationing teaches us about long-term heart health
A rare “natural experiment” from 1950s UK sugar rationing reveals that lower sugar exposure in the first 1,000…
Study finds bright nights raise risk for stroke and heart failure in adults over 40
Researchers have discovered that people exposed to brighter light at night face up to 50% higher risks of…
Global burden of atrial fibrillation/flutter attributable to a high body mass index (HBMI) from 1990–2021 | BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Paralleling the global surge in atrial fibrillation incidence [1]. Currently, both the prevalence of HBMI and the HAB…
Cardio-kidney-metabolic complexity in patients with atrial fibrillation: an analysis from the prospective GLORIA-AF registry phase III | Cardiovascular Diabetology
We analyzed data from the GLORIA-AF Registry, an international, prospective, multicentre registry programme structured in 3 phases, designed…