The study also provides new evidence that patients can gain a better understanding of their blood pressure when they monitor it regularly at home. 

"These findings might imply that not all AFib is worth screening for, and not all screen-detected AFib merits anticoagulation," researchers wrote. 

Researchers believe this may be the largest study of its kind. 

The Amulet's implantation success rate and LAA closure rate were both higher than the first-generation Watchman device, researchers reported.

Researchers tracked data from 2,020 participants who consumed an average of approximately 15 servings of ultra-processed foods per week.

Researchers shared their findings at ESC Congress 2021 and in the New England Journal of Medicine. 

Recurrent AFib episodes were much less likely when patients participated in a six-month exercise program. 

These findings indicate that breathing problems may be an underrated warning sign of cardiac arrest, researchers said recently at ESC Congress 2021.