New technique diagnoses non-periodic arrhythmias in a single heartbeat
Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 14:30
in Health & Medicine
Thanks to a new study from Columbia Engineering School, doctors may now be able to diagnose in their offices non-periodic arrhythmiasnoninvasively and at low costwithin a single heartbeat. Non-periodic arrhythmias include atrial and ventricular fibrillation, which are associated with severely abnormal heart rhythm that can in some cases be life-threatening.