This American Heart Month is a time to spread awareness about heart health and diagnoses that can be easy to miss. One of those diagnoses is Atrial Fibrillation.
When it comes to heart health, many conditions are tricky to diagnose because their symptoms can be similar to others, and atrial fibrillation (AFib) is no exception. That’s a problem, since untreated ...
Events like panic attacks or low blood sugar can sometimes mimic arrhythmia symptoms. Several other conditions can contribute to, occur alongside, or result from arrhythmia. An arrhythmia is the ...
Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is the most common abnormal heart rhythm found in our community. According to the CDC website, an estimated 12 million people in the United States will have atrial ...
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 ...
If you sometimes experience a racing or irregular heartbeat, it may be caused by atrial fibrillation (AFib), the most common type of heart arrhythmia. AFib can make you five times more likely to have ...
Cases of atrial fibrillation, the most common form of heart arrhythmia, tick up during the holiday season. AFib happens when cells in the upper chamber of the heart are triggered by something, causing ...
Back in 2018, after years spent striving toward a goal of having its eponymous wearable recognized as a legitimate medical device, Apple earned an FDA clearance for the electrocardiogram function ...
Arrhythmia puts you at greater risk of potentially life threatening complications affecting your heart, brain, and lungs. An arrhythmia is an abnormal heartbeat that beats too fast, slow, or ...
The analysis, published in Circulation, found that among people who had received an irregular pulse alert from their Apple Watch, but didn’t have atrial fibrillation, 40% were diagnosed with a ...
Multifocal atrial arrhythmia is an uncommon type of tachycardia that usually develops in people with certain illnesses. Those with the condition have a heart rate of over 100 beats per minute.