A novel software algorithm compatible with a wide range of smartwatches and wearable fitness trackers successfully detected atrial fibrillation (AF) in users of such devices with a positive predictive value of 98% in the Fitbit Heart Study. “This is a higher…

Consuming alcohol increases the risk for an atrial fibrillation (AF) episode hours later, according to a study published online August 30 in Annals of Internal Medicine. Modifying the drinking behavior of patients with a history of AF events could make…

Three or more weeks of oral anticoagulation (OAC) sometimes isn’t up to the job of clearing any potentially embolic left atrial (LA) thrombi before procedures like cardioversion or catheter ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Such OAC-defiant LA thrombi…