Futurity December 5, 2023
A new prescription wristwatch continuously monitors the wearer’s heart rhythm and uses an algorithm to detect atrial fibrillation.
As the use of wearable technology grows, smartwatches are marketed across the globe to consumers as a way to monitor health.
For some, these devices let them know they have atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat, which is known to increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.
“Unfortunately, this has led to a tsunami of healthy patients coming to clinics complaining about having atrial fibrillation, and we see many false positives without really having a way to use these devices clinically,” says Hamid Ghanbari, an assistant professor of internal medicine-cardiology at the University of Michigan Medical School and lead author of the...
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