New Devices Help Detect Arrhythmia in Elderly Patients

During the 2015 American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Sessions and Expo in San Diego, CA, Sunil Agarwal, MD, from Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, discussed the results of his research on the use of continuous cardiac monitoring to monitor elderly patients for atrial fibrillation and sub-clinical arrhythmia and help reduce their risk of stroke and other health complications.