Jeff Backus is fitted with a vest of electrodes to map how his heartbeat goes awry. Doctors are zapping the heart with radiation normally reserved for cancer, a bid to better treat people with life-threatening irregular heartbeats who’ve exhausted other options. But the FDA requires stronger evidence for more routine use — and the more hospitals offer “off-label” radiation to …
The aim of this Apple study was to evaluate how good the algorithm was and whether it was safe. Apple Inc’s Heart study, the largest yet to explore the role of wearable devices in identifying potential heart problems, found the device could accurately detect atrial fibrillation, the most common type of irregular heartbeat, US researchers reported on Wednesday. That followed …
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