amiodarone… Enlightened Medical Management of Atrial Fibrillation: Part I. Amiodarone, Kardia And Cardioversions 26 May 2019 The skeptical cardiologist is a firm believer in the benefit of maintaining normal rhythm in most patients who develop atrial fibrillation (AF, see here.) Sometimes this can be accomplished by…
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… Apple Heart Study: Despite The Ballyhoo, No Benefits Demonstrated, Harms Not Measured 16 Mar 2019 The results of the Apple Heart Study, were presented this morning at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions amid intense media scrutiny. The AHS is a "prospective, single arm…
Atrial Fibrillation… Apple Watch Fails To Notify Patient Of 3 Hour Episode Of Rapid Atrial Fibrillation 13 Dec 2018 Apple claims that its Apple Watch can detect atrial fibrillation (AF) and appropriately notify the wearer when it suspects AF. This claim comes with many caveats on their website: Apparently…
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… AliveCor’s Mobile ECG With Kardia Pro Is Eliminating Any Need For Short or Long Term Cadiac Monitors For Most of My Afib patients: A Tale of Four Cardioversions 21 Oct 2018 I described in detail in March (see here) my early experience in utilizing AliveCor's KardiaMobile ECG device in conjunction with their Kardia Pro cloud service to monitor my patient's with…
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… 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…
Navigating Treatment Options For Atrial Fibrillation 