An elevated heart rate could provide an important clue to which Black adults often have a dangerous heart rhythm disorder, a ...

Putting sensors in the wearable's band could unlock a host of health-monitoring features—if the patented device ever becomes ...

Led by researchers at NYU Langone Health, the investigation focused on atrial fibrillation, a condition in which the heart's ...

Assessing when to initiate anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation is not improved by including gender, says the ESC in their ...

Outdoor temperatures that reach or exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit nearly tripled the number of episodes of an irregular heart ...

Professor Allan Lawrie discusses the future of personalised cardiovascular disease detection and monitoring and wearable ...

People with conditions or habits such as high blood pressure, an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, or smoking, not only have a higher risk of stroke, they may also have more severe ...

The increases were particularly marked among middle-aged men, Black adults, residents of Midwestern states and ...

Lives lost to obesity-related heart disease have nearly tripled over the past twenty years, a new study reports.

Higher resting heart rate is associated with increased risk of atrial fibrillation, researchers found. What’s more, the higher a person’s heart rate, the higher their risk for A-fib ...