Heart Rhythm: Comparing cardiac monitors | Staying active after ICD implantation | Athletes & AFib

The new analysis, presented at Heart Rhythm 2021, focused on patients from an outpatient arrhythmia clinic.

Participation in cardiac rehabilitation programs remains low, the authors wrote, but this study showed that it can make a significant impact on patient outcomes. 

According to the study's authors, their findings suggest that "all patients with signs or symptoms of heart failure should be considered for rhythm control therapy within a year of being diagnosed with AFib."

The advanced algorithms address two areas known for causing false ICM alerts: atrial fibrillation and asystole.

Risk factors such as a high waist circumference, hypertension, cigarette smoking and poor sleep quality put young adults at a greater risk of developing AFib.

Researchers presented the new data at Heart Rhythm 2021.

Researchers shared their full analysis in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Chronic coffee drinking is not associated with an increased risk of cardiac arrhythmias, according to new findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

There was no significant difference when the athlete had diabetes or hypertension.