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Next year, are you more likely, or less likely, to use/need a heart check device?
Is it better to just wait till you get a scheduled doctor visit, then a referral to a cardiologist, to see if those sudden heart issues are significant?
These are questions that I asked myself. If I don't benefit from it now, and just have fun with it, it's there every year that I get older, and the need increases. You don't need a subscription. However, if I developed a significant heart condition, why wouldn't I use every tool available then?
I went for the 6-lead version. The charts look very cool and my research told me that the 6-lead version is well respected in the industry. Not equal to what you'd get at a hospital, but very respectable. It's a great invention and better than what a smart watch can do, no matter what they claim. The sensors are just better on the 6L version.
Imagine the response when you arrive at a hospital and say: Here are a bunch of charts of my normal condition, monitored for the past year or two. Here are my recent problem result charts. (You can have them printed, put on a device's display, or e-mailed to any staff.)
Now you've given them a place to start. They won't give you 100% credibility, but they'll quickly check if your symptoms match your charts. You've just saved a bunch of time and maybe a visit. A specialist would be a fool to completely ignore your data. If they give it zero credibility and start completely from scratch, find another doctor or cardiologist who will give you just a tiny bit of respect, instead of just being about their ego and their bank account.
At the very least, this device is educational, just like how early personal BP monitors were/are educational.
On the downside, the App could be better. It could be more informative without a subscription. I don't like that they put a tight limit on what they're giving away for free with the App. Sure, offer feature bonuses by subscription, features that not everyone needs. But there could be more diagnoses and better reporting that could be included in the base App.
As an added bonus, it can launch Omron BP monitors too, and store that BP data in the same reports. Not too bad. Owning this stuff is like having a little more ability to know more and act quicker, and more responsibly. Otherwise, it's a big "I don't know" and "I've made no attempt to track it previously".
For some people with occasional irregular heart rhythm or a fib the Apple Watch can be more convenient because it's already on your wrist ready to go. I could usually tell when an afib was starting and I would just hold a button on the watch for 30 seconds and record and verify it.
Trying to decide if me or other people in my family would have a practical use for this.
This is only a one lead system. Obviously the ones at the cardiologist have many more leads.
However I've had two top cardiologists in my area both recommend I get one. Just thought it would help people.
Serious question, though. The ranking in healthcare just seems arbitrary
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How does the quality of the ECG on this compare to the Apple watch? Presumably higher quality/resolution given the leads are on two arms rather than an inch apart.
Can the Apple watch do continuous monitoring/recording to detect arrhythmias or does it have to be activated manually?
Yesterday I was trying to figure out if there was a standard length of uninterrupted anticoag after an ablation for AF and came across this: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....lde210377
The cardiologist who was against indefinite anticoag wrote he would have his patients get either an implantable loop recorder or an Apple watch to determine if they developed recurrent AF, and if none seen for X months then would stop it. Which makes me think the Apple watch could do continuous monitoring to determine AF burden, which seems more useful, esp if someone is asymptomatic or flips in transiently while sleeping.
Serious question, though. The ranking in healthcare just seems arbitrary
How does the quality of the ECG on this compare to the Apple watch? Presumably higher quality/resolution given the leads are on two arms rather than an inch apart.
Can the Apple watch do continuous monitoring/recording to detect arrhythmias or does it have to be activated manually?
Yesterday I was trying to figure out if there was a standard length of uninterrupted anticoag after an ablation for AF and came across this: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....lde210377
The cardiologist who was against indefinite anticoag wrote he would have his patients get either an implantable loop recorder or an Apple watch to determine if they developed recurrent AF, and if none seen for X months then would stop it. Which makes me think the Apple watch could do continuous monitoring to determine AF burden, which seems more useful, esp if someone is asymptomatic or flips in transiently while sleeping.
I look at a lot of this sort of data patients bring to me. If someone can stay still the quality is good on both. The automatic interpretations from the Kardia have gotten better over time but the Applewatch is easier to use being always on your wrist.
The Apple Watch does purport to alert you of arrhythmias. This is iffy in my experience and a recent paper suggests 65% accuracy compared with regular cardiac monitor. If you are really doing it to get off medications post ablation an implantable loop recorder is the way to go.
The recommendation for anticoagulation after ablation is indefinite based on the data if your CHA2DS2-Vasc score is >= 2 for a man, 3 for woman. I only offer this strategy to people who are borderline. Otherwise, the medication is best to protect for stroke.
Trying to decide if me or other people in my family would have a practical use for this.
I thought since it was Bluetooth, all smartphones would be compatible.
Not so.
My Motorola G 5G wasn't compatible.
My Samsung Galaxy A11 was.
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