A newly-designed wristband and corresponding app that works with a smartwatch can accurately display the heart's electrical activity and notify people with atrial fibrillation (AFib) if their heart is ...

ECG monitors, also known as EKGs, can measure your heart rate and rhythm. Having one at home can be helpful, but what type should you get? Check out our picks to get started. ECG or EKG stands for ...

Which EKG monitors are best? With healthcare and hospital systems more understaffed and overworked than ever, the ability to acquire simple medical diagnostic tests has been somewhat reduced.

Cardioversion is a procedure that returns an abnormal heart rhythm to normal. It's used when you have an arrhythmia, which means your heart is beating too fast or irregularly. Cardioversion can be ...

An electrocardiogram, also called an ECG or EKG, is a simple and painless test that measures the electrical impulses of your heart to check for signs of heart disease. It's done through small ...

A 30-second length ECG segment preceding the procedure from lead V 1 was analyzed for each patient. Each chosen interval was normalized to its maximum R peak amplitude in order to get comparable ...

1. GPs fairly often see patients presenting with mild shortness of breath or palpitations who turn out to have atrial fibrillation (AF), but don’t need acute admission. We can manage these patients ...