Atrial Fibrillation… The New Apple Watch 4: Cardiac Accuracy Unknown, “Game-Changing” Benefits Overblown 13 Sep 2018 On February 10, 2014 AliveCor, Inc. announced that its heavily validated personal mobile ECG monitor had received FDA over-the counter clearance. Previously the device, which allows recording of a single-lead…
Atrial Fibrillation… Update On The Kardia Band Apple Watch Accessory: Accuracy In Atrial Fibrillation Pre and Post Cardioversion 10 Aug 2018 As I described here, the Kardia Band (KB) is an FDA-approved Apple Watch accessory available to the general public without a prescription which records a high quality single-lead ECG. I've…
Atrial Fibrillation… Is It Safe To Consume Grapefruit If You Take The Blood Thinner Apixiban (Eliquis)? 6 Jul 2018 A patient of mine with atrial fibrillation taking the blood thinner eliquis told me that she had eaten grapefruit for two days in a row and then developed a nose…
Atrial Fibrillation Why I Favor The Early Restoration and Maintenance of Sinus Rhythm In Most Patients With Atrial Fibrillation 2 Jul 2018 When your heart stops beating synchronously and goes into atrial fibrillation all sorts of bad things begin happening. The normal mechanisms for controlling how fast your heart is beating are…
Atrial Fibrillation… AliveCor Mobile ECG : Ways To Minimize Low Voltage and Unclassified Recordings 14 Apr 2018 Sometimes AliveCor's Mobile ECG device yields unclassified interpretations of recordings. Understandably if you want to know whether your rhythm is normal or atrial fibrillation, the unclassified classification can be very…
Atrial Fibrillation… Can AliveCor’s Mobile ECG Device Combined With Its Kardia Pro Cloud-Based Platform Replace Standard Long Term Rhythm Monitors? 7 Mar 2018 In March of 2017 AliveCor introduced Kardia Pro, a cloud-based software platform that allows physicians to monitor patients who use the Kardia mobile ECG device. I have been utilizing the…
Atrial Fibrillation… Kardia’s Fascinating SmartRhythm For Apple Watch Is Very Cool: Will It Allow Personal Atrial Fibrillation Detection? 9 Dec 2017 The KardiaBand for Apple Watch from AliveCor has delivered on its unique promise of a medical grade single lead ECG recording made by placing your thumb on your wristwatch band.…
Atrial Fibrillation… Review of Kardia Band Mobile ECG for Apple Watch 4 Dec 2017 The skeptical cardiologist has been evaluating the Kardia Band from AliveCor which allows one to record single lead medical grade ECGS on your Apple Watch. What follows is my initial…
Atrial Fibrillation… AliveCor’s Kardia Band Is Now Available: Mobile ECG On Your Apple Watch 30 Nov 2017 AliveCor has finally gotten approval from the FDA to release its Kardia Band in the United States. The skeptical cardiologist is quite excited to get his hands (or wrist) on…
Atrial Fibrillation… Blood Thinners (Oral Anticoagulants) For Atrial Fibrillation: Who Should Take Them and Which One To Take 29 Nov 2017 The most serious adverse consequence of having atrial fibrillation is stroke. Since we have safe and effective ways of preventing afib-related stroke with oral anticoagulant drugs (blood thinners), a major…
Navigating Treatment Options For Atrial Fibrillation 