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I am absolutely clueless about heart medicine, but it seems like having monitoring of heartbeat in real-time should be able to predict potential anomalous and p

I am absolutely clueless about heart medicine, but it seems like having monitoring of heartbeat in real-time should be able to predict potential anomalous and problems. I expect that Apple with watch will dramatically be able to save lives in the future with their products.

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agumonkey 4y ago
The few that I got is that cardiac electrophysiology is still mysterious and can derail in weird ways even if you look at it closely.
gleenn 4y ago
Apple is quick to tell you all the things that the heart monitor can NOT do, but I think they have already had cases where the watch detected peculiarities in heart rhythms and suggested getting things checked out by a doctor which did save lives. https://wccftech.com/apple-watch-saves-life-of-a-70-year-old-woman-with-afib-heart-condition/ https://wccftech.com/apple-watch-saves-life-of-a-70-year-old...
macintux 4y ago
I’m reminded of someone who insisted in a thread here that heart rate monitoring on Apple Watch was stupid because they could just check their own whenever they wanted to.
mjmj 4y ago
Yeah, That’s the dream and already happening as far as heart rhythm abnormalities. But wearables are pretty lacking. For example, I have a resting heart rate of 40bpm due to intense exercise. Iwatch won’t register heart rates that low, but if I get an EKG I’m fine. Additionally EKG’s puts leads all over your chest to get precise electrical measurements. A watch on your wrist isn’t going to be comparable, esp with things like sudden cardiac death. This article takes it even further as you need detailed imaging to really save these types of patients. Since we don’t yet know many of the underlying genetic variants or causes of sudden cardiac death. It’s more common than people realize and often goes undiagnosed or misdiagnosis because it’s hard to detect until too late. Source: Multiple people in my family have died from sudden cardiac death. All with perfectly normal EKG’s before they passed.

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agumonkey 4y ago

The few that I got is that cardiac electrophysiology is still mysterious and can derail in weird ways even if you look at it closely.

gleenn 4y ago

Apple is quick to tell you all the things that the heart monitor can NOT do, but I think they have already had cases where the watch detected peculiarities in heart rhythms and suggested getting things checked out by a doctor which did save lives. https://wccftech.com/apple-watch-saves-life-of-a-70-year-old-woman-with-afib-heart-condition/ https://wccftech.com/apple-watch-saves-life-of-a-70-year-old...

macintux 4y ago

I’m reminded of someone who insisted in a thread here that heart rate monitoring on Apple Watch was stupid because they could just check their own whenever they wanted to.

mjmj 4y ago

Yeah, That’s the dream and already happening as far as heart rhythm abnormalities. But wearables are pretty lacking. For example, I have a resting heart rate of 40bpm due to intense exercise. Iwatch won’t register heart rates that low, but if I get an EKG I’m fine. Additionally EKG’s puts leads all over your chest to get precise electrical measurements. A watch on your wrist isn’t going to be comparable, esp with things like sudden cardiac death. This article takes it even further as you need detailed imaging to really save these types of patients. Since we don’t yet know many of the underlying genetic variants or causes of sudden cardiac death. It’s more common than people realize and often goes undiagnosed or misdiagnosis because it’s hard to detect until too late. Source: Multiple people in my family have died from sudden cardiac death. All with perfectly normal EKG’s before they passed.