Patients with atrial fibrillation are typically prescribed an anticoagulant, or blood thinner, to reduce the risk of stroke, but many may discontinue them or never receive a prescription due to ...

February is Heart Health Month and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, someone in the US experiences a stroke every 40 seconds. Additionally, someone in the US dies of stroke ...

Patients with atrial fibrillation are typically prescribed an anticoagulant, or blood thinner, to reduce the risk of stroke, but many may discontinue them or never receive a prescription due to ...

Atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, is an irregular heart rhythm that increases a person's risk of stroke, heart failure and even ...

The NHS Health Check is a free service for anyone between 40 and 75 in the UK and it's been found to catch heart disease and ...

Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) today reported study results highlighting AFib detection with its Linq family of insertable cardiac monitors (ICM).

Among the general US population, simple and affordable non-invasive liver fibrosis scoring systems may be able to identify individuals at risk for HF.

Women are missing out on diagnosis of a potentially deadly heart condition which affects one in 500 people, the British Heart Foundation has said. Research funded by the charity found that ...

While it affects more than a million people in the UK, heart failure is notoriously difficult to predict. The condition arises when the heart can't pump blood effectively, meaning there isn't ...

The groundbreaking tool scours doctors’ records to look for “red flags” that could indicate whether a patient is at risk of developing atrial fibrillation (AF), a heart condition that causes ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), nearly 17.9 million people die of cardiovascular diseases every year, 85% of which are heart attack and stroke. There has been a rise in heart ...