Atrial Fibrillation

Three to five percent of Americans over age 65 have atrial fibrillation (2.2 million people) and some of them die from strokes attributed to AF.  LifeWatch (Hewlett, NY, a subsidiary of LifeWatch AG, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland), has introduced a new telemedicine monitoring service-the “AF Teleclinic” that charts data from the patient to a physician’s iPad for rapid response.  The company soon plans to launch other Teleclinics for stroke and sleep apnea management.  Their home sleep testing program will be called “NiteWatch.”         MORE