Medscape November 8, 2025
An app that uses an AI model to read a single-lead ECG from a smartwatch can detect structural heart disease, researchers reported at the 2025 Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association.
Although the technology requires further validation, the researchers said it could help improve the identification of patients with heart failure, valvular conditions, and left ventricular hypertrophy before they become symptomatic, which could improve the prognosis for people with these conditions.
“This is the first study that has shown the potential to detect multiple structural heart diseases from real-world smartwatches,” Arya Aminorroaya, MD, MPH, an internal medicine resident at Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, who led the work, told Medscape Medical News.
Structural heart...
Today's Sponsors
Today's Sponsor