Abbott today announced that it has received FDA approval for its Amplatzer Amulet device for people with atrial fibrillation. The Amplatzer Amulet is a left atrial appendage occluder to reduce ischemic stroke risk for people with atrial fibrillation (AFib). The device is a small pouch connected to the upper left chamber of the heart. AFib […]
arrhythmia
Could this algorithm be better at diagnosing arrhythmia than cardiologists?
A new algorithm that can go through hours of heart data to detect arrhythmia performs better than trained cardiologists, according to new research from Stanford University. The algorithm gathers data from wearable monitors to find life-threatening irregular heartbeats and allows for data to be sorted through in remote areas where there is a scarcity of […]