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Biosense Webster EMEA, a Division of Johnson & Johnson Medical NV/SA and leader in the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (AF) has reaffirmed its commitment to tackling this new millennium epidemic by launching two major initiatives to...

Baylis Medical announced the first Arctic Front™ Advance Cryoballoon procedures performed using the VersaCross Transseptal Solution. The VersaCross solution is the world's first all-in-one left-heart access device featuring an atraumatic...

On November 18th, AF Association launched Global AF Aware Week 2019, an annual awareness week dedicated to raising awareness of atrial fibrillation (AF), the most commonly experienced arrhythmia, through our Detect, Protect, Correct, Perfect...

BioSig Technologies, Inc., a medical technology company developing a proprietary biomedical signal processing platform designed to improve signal fidelity and uncover the full range of ECG and intracardiac signals, announced that the Company...

Wearable technology can safely identify heart rate irregularities that subsequent clinical evaluations confirmed to be atrial fibrillation, reports a study from the Stanford University School of Medicine and Apple now published in the New...

The Bristol-Myers Squibb-Pfizer Alliance announced the initiation of a new randomized, controlled study, GUARD-AF (ReducinG stroke by screening for UndiAgnosed atRial fibrillation in elderly inDividuals). The study seeks to determine if...

The American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) jointly published new, 2019 AHA/ACC Clinical Performance and Quality Measures for Adults with High Blood Pressure in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and...

Correvio Pharma Corp., a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on commercializing hospital drugs, announced the presentation of new data from the SPECTRUM study evaluating Brinavess™ (vernakalant hydrochloride, IV), the Company's...

While intermittent fasting may sound like another dieting craze, the practice of routinely not eating and drinking for short periods of time has shown again to lead to potentially better health outcomes. In a new study by researchers at the...

Texas Heart Institute (THI) was awarded a prestigious four-year, $2.39 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore further the development of a novel pacemaker system that is both leadless and wirelessly powered. Dr....