mHealth Intelligence October 18, 2022
Apple Watch’s ECG app identified 78 percent of patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib) accurately, and one in five patients did not receive an automatic diagnosis, new research shows.
The use of smartwatches to detect cardiac issues, like atrial fibrillation (AFib), presents exciting new possibilities for heart care, but a new study shows that the results they provide may not always be accurate.
Published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology, the study examined how accurately the Apple Watch’s electrocardiogram (ECG) feature detected AFib in 734 patients with different ECG anomalies. About 21 percent of the patients had the condition.
The Apple Watch’s ECG app records the user’s heartbeat through the smartwatch’s electrical heart sensor. The app then analyzes the recordings...
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