July 14--A device a fraction of an inch long is providing George Saenz with a peace of mind he has never had before. Three weeks ago, the 67-year-old independent insurance agent had the Medtronic ...

Atrial fibrillation was diagnosed in 477 of 1,501 (31.8%) participants in the monitoring group and 550 of 4,503 (12.2%) participants in the control group (HR 3.17, 95% CI 2.81-3.59, P<0.001), reported ...

Many insertable cardiac monitors, known as ICMs or loop recorders, are already able to stay in place under the skin for several years at a time, enabling long-term tracking of irregular heartbeats—but ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Continuous implantable loop recorder monitoring resulted in a threefold increase in atrial fibrillation ...

A UK cardiologist has become the first in the country to implant a hairpin-thin wireless heart monitor that routinely updates doctors on a patient's status. The Reveal LINQ device, engineered by ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Immediate insertion of a cardiac monitor following first cryptogenic stroke was cost-effective in the U.S.

Researchers tested two continuous ECG monitoring approaches post-TAVR -- one using skin patches over 14 days, the other implantable loop recorders (ILRs) over 1 year -- in separate studies published ...

Barcelona, Spain, 1 September 2009: The REVISE Study (Reveal in the Investigation of Syncope and Epilepsy) found that 1 in 8 adult patients in the United Kingdom, previously thought to be suffering ...

Dublin, Dec. 18, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Cardiovascular Disease Monitoring and Diagnostic Devices - Global Strategic Business Report" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. The ...

Implantable cardiac monitors (ICMs) continuously monitor the patient's electrocardiogram and perform real-time analysis of the heart rhythm, for up to 36 months. The current clinical use of ICMs ...

Experts discuss how choosing the right cardiac rhythm monitor involves balancing symptom frequency, patient risk, and device capabilities to ensure efficient, cost-effective, and patient-centered ...