Called Kardia, it uses a smartphone or special Apple Watch band to take EKGs that, according to its maker, Alivecor, are as good at diagnosing
AFib as a Holter monitor.
A catheter is used to position a probe inside the heart to electrically isolate the known sources of
Afib on the atrium and heat these targets with radiofrequency energy or freeze them with cryoenergy.
Through music, the programme aims to inspire people living with
AFib, the most common type of irregular heartbeat, to work with their doctor to help reduce their risk of stroke.
AFib occurs when the electrical activity in the heart becomes chaotic, and the heart's upper two chambers (atria) beat very rapidly in an irregular rhythm, which can cause blood to pool in the heart and form a blood clot.
Researchers found that patients using Kardia Mobile had a fourfold increase in
AFib detection, Kardia's accuracy was on par with physicians, it could spot asymptomatic
AFib more effectively than traditional methods, and was found easy to use by senior citizens.
Advanced age is a risk factor for
AFib, but you also may be susceptible to the condition if you've had a heart attack, or have heart failure or another structural problem with your heart (such as valve disease or cardiomyopathy).
AFib is responsible for about 20 percent of strokes, and strokes that are linked with
AFib are frequently the most serious and potentially fatal.
After 24 hours of in-hospital monitoring, his doctors informed him that he had
AFib and needed to take vigilant action.
Donna Suter, a UMass nurse clinician who works at the
AFib Treatment Program at the Memorial campus, said atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia in the world, and effects more than 2.
Because
AFIb allows blood to slow down or pool, it increases the risk of clotting, and therefore Increases your risk of stroke.
Company officials explain that the safety and efficacy profile of Pradaxa was established based on results of the 18,113-patient RE-LY trial, the largest stroke prevention trial in
AFib patients completed to date.
AFIB is the most common type of irregular heart rhythm in the United States, affecting an estimated 5.
