Atrial Fibrillation… A Guide To Using Apple Watch and Kardia ECG devices-What They Can and Can’t Do 30 Apr 2019 Many patients (and perhaps physicians) are confused as to how best to utilize personal ECG devices. I received this question illustrating such confusion from a reader recently: I first came…
Atrial Fibrillation… Can The Apple Watch Or Kardia ECG Monitor Detect Heart Attacks? 21 Apr 2019 The skeptical cardiologist recently received this email from a reader: With the new Apple Watch that's out now, people have suggested my husband (who had a heart attack at 36)…
Atrial Fibrillation… Putting The Apple Watch 4 ECG To The Test In Atrial Fibrillation: An Informal Comparison To Kardia 10 Dec 2018 My first patient this morning, a delightful tech-savvy septagenarian with persistent atrial fibrillation told me she had been monitoring her rhythm for the last few days using her Apple Watch…
Atrial Fibrillation… A Review Of The QardioCore ECG Strap From A Patient’s Perspective 30 Sep 2018 One of my patients has been on the cutting edge of personal cardiac monitoring devices and I asked him to share his recent experience with the QardioCore ECG strap. What…
Atrial Fibrillation… Apple’s Alternative Facts And The Giant Watch Restaurant Next Door To AliveCor 15 Sep 2018 As I pointed out Friday, Apple's claim that the ECG sensor on their new Apple Watch 4 (available "later this year") is "the First ECG product offered over the counter…
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… AliveCor (Kardia) Has A Premature Beat Problem: How PVCs and PACs Confuse The Mobile ECG Device 17 Aug 2017 The skeptical cardiologist has many patients who are successfully using their AliveCor/Kardia devices to monitor for episodes of atrial fibrillation (afib). However, a significant number of patients who have had…
