Cardiovascular Business February 11, 2021
Wearable devices tracking a user’s heart rate can identify when an individual has COVID-19 earlier than other diagnostic methods, according to new findings published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.
The study’s authors, a team of researchers out of Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, asked healthcare workers to track their own heart rate variability using the Apple Watch from April to September 2020. Participants also answered daily questionnaires about their health.
The watch, it turned out, was able to detect subtle changes in a participant’s heart rate up to seven days before they were actually diagnosed with COVID-19. Also, the researchers observed, heart rates appeared to normalize within one to two weeks of the user’s positive...
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