My friend who owns a Samsung watch tells me his watch is 100% accurate. He put it on a dead body and the graph did not detect the heart rate. Can we imply we should all get rid of our Apple Watch?
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Study Confirms Apple Watch Can Detect Abnormal Heart Rhythm With 97% Accuracy
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I’m in my 40’s and am trying to decide is this is enough to push me into buying an Apple Watch or if it would just make me too focused on mortality. My own father did pass away from a heart attack so I’m leaning toward it.
I used to get alerts like that, too. Several times in one night, when I was sitting in a booth at a bar, drinking with friends. The alerts came from a 3rd party app, HeartWatch. Haven't had that issue since I deleted that app.
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Exactly the same for me. Apple Watch thinks my lowest heart rate ever was 28. And I regularly get heart rate measurements below 50 while working out. In my experience, the heart rate sensor works really badly when I sweat, which defeats the whole purpose of heart rate measurements for me.
In my case, it was the heart attack that did that. I was 47 years old when I had my heart attack. Incredibly, I had my MI in the ER and I was treated immediately - no real serious detectable damage accoding to my cardiologist. I went to the ER because I was not feeling well. I had a blockage (99%) and a stent placed in RCA of my heart. That was a year and a half ago. Now, I use my AW3 as a “canary in a coalmine” if you will. I do not really keep an eye on it that much. I set it and kind of forget it is even there monitoring. I use it for other things not really related - tracking my walking and “closing my rings”, messages, etc... Every now and then if I am not feeling 100%, I look in on it to make sure nothing is going on. I also let me cardiologist and primary care doc look over the data it collects in the health app.
But, to your point, I am not focused on it. It really has become my encouragement to get reasonably fit and stay fit for being 49. I don’t take it overly serious because that would just make it stressful and for me that is not the point to my use case for it.
Good luck with whatever you decide!
I guess you fell in love... with either your beer or your coworker
I'm eager to get an Apple watch, been holding out for one little feature - an integrated camera for Facetime use. The health features are astounding and very tempting...
As great and important this all is, I think it’s a dog market for Apple to be catering to the 90 year old crowd. Better the needs of the young, say rape alert button that offers 30 second helicopter response. Apple is for young people, the old are already connected to ugly never ending medical beeping red lights, my mother already looks like the Borg Queen.
The heart rate monitors built into the Apple Watch and other wearable devices can detect abnormal heart rhythms with 97 percent accuracy, according to a new study conducted by the team behind the Cardiogram app for Apple Watch in conjunction with researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.
More than 139 million heart rate and step count measurements were collected from 9,750 users of the Cardiogram app who also enrolled in the UC San Francisco Health eHeart Study, with the data used to train DeepHeart, Cardiogram's deep neural network.
Once trained, DeepHeart was able to read heart rate data collected by wearables, distinguishing between normal heart rhythm and atrial fibrillation with a 97 percent accuracy rate, both when testing UCSF patients with known heart issues and Cardiogram participants.
At a 97 percent accuracy rate, Cardiogram's study suggests the Apple Watch alone does a better job of detecting abnormal heart rhythms than FDA-approved accessory KardiaBand. From Cardiogram co-founder Johnson Hsieh
Atrial fibrillation, or an abnormal heart rhythm, is a condition that can be indicative of major health problems and it can lead to heart failure and stroke. Atrial fibrillation often goes undiagnosed, which is where the Apple Watch and other wearables can help. The Apple Watch won't replace a traditional EKG, but it can alert people to a problem much earlier than it might otherwise be detected. From the study's conclusion:In addition to studies on the Apple Watch's ability to detect atrial fibrillation, Cardiogram and UCSF have also been working to determine if the Apple Watch heart rate monitor can also detect conditions like hypertension, sleep apnea, and early signs of diabetes. Preliminary studies have suggested all of these conditions could be spotted in data collected by Apple Watch and other common wearable devices.
Apple has been working with researchers at Stanford on its own study to determine whether the heart rate sensor in the Apple Watch can be used to detect abnormal heart rhythms and common heart conditions. While in the study, if an abnormal heart rhythm is detected, participants will be contacted by researchers and asked to wear an ePath monitor to test heart health.
Apple Watch owners can sign up to participate in the Apple Heart Study by downloading and installing the Apple Heart Study app. Those who want to join Cardiogram's studies can install the Cardiogram app and sign up to join the mRhythm study.
Article Link: Study Confirms Apple Watch Can Detect Abnormal Heart Rhythm With 97% Accuracy
I have over 500 irregular heart beats in a day. The Apple Watch hasn’t detected one and I’m even in the heart study.
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Same. For this reason, I wish Apple utilized a little more "smart" tech in the HR monitor. Likeif the reading is unusually high/low then it should continue to monitor continuously for a few minutes or something to determine if the reading was an error or if there is an issue the user should be aware of. Even better would be 24/7 continuous monitoring which is what fitbit/garmin does (and they have better battery life)... I don't know why Apple hasn't been able to achieve this
That's the one I have. Haven't seen any others either (but haven't really looked much)
To me, that sounds more like false positives than false negatives. If say 1 out of 100 readings is "bad" that could easily trigger a false positive when there was no issue, but if you are actually having an extremely rare heart event, 99 times out of 100 the AW will document it correctly.
My two cardiologists say I do. Plus some of them hurt and I can feel them. I’ve worn monitors and had numerous EKGs and Echos and various beta blockers and still have over 500 irregular heart beats with extra beats PACs ans PVCs a day. I’ve had about 30 of them since I started typing this reply. The Apple Watch hasn’t detected anything.
[doublepost=1521662575][/doublepost]Was part of the study for the last three weeks. Checked the app today to see how many Data Contributions had been made to date only to discover that my enrollment had disappeared (I checked over the previous weekend and all was well). Had to re-enroll. Apple Heart Study app seems pretty useless.
The heart rate monitors built into the Apple Watch and other wearable devices can detect abnormal heart rhythms with 97 percent accuracy, according to a new study conducted by the team behind the Cardiogram app for Apple Watch in conjunction with researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.
More than 139 million heart rate and step count measurements were collected from 9,750 users of the Cardiogram app who also enrolled in the UC San Francisco Health eHeart Study, with the data used to train DeepHeart, Cardiogram's deep neural network.
Once trained, DeepHeart was able to read heart rate data collected by wearables, distinguishing between normal heart rhythm and atrial fibrillation with a 97 percent accuracy rate, both when testing UCSF patients with known heart issues and Cardiogram participants.
At a 97 percent accuracy rate, Cardiogram's study suggests the Apple Watch alone does a better job of detecting abnormal heart rhythms than FDA-approved accessory KardiaBand. From Cardiogram co-founder Johnson Hsieh
Atrial fibrillation, or an abnormal heart rhythm, is a condition that can be indicative of major health problems and it can lead to heart failure and stroke. Atrial fibrillation often goes undiagnosed, which is where the Apple Watch and other wearables can help. The Apple Watch won't replace a traditional EKG, but it can alert people to a problem much earlier than it might otherwise be detected. From the study's conclusion:In addition to studies on the Apple Watch's ability to detect atrial fibrillation, Cardiogram and UCSF have also been working to determine if the Apple Watch heart rate monitor can also detect conditions like hypertension, sleep apnea, and early signs of diabetes. Preliminary studies have suggested all of these conditions could be spotted in data collected by Apple Watch and other common wearable devices.
Apple has been working with researchers at Stanford on its own study to determine whether the heart rate sensor in the Apple Watch can be used to detect abnormal heart rhythms and common heart conditions. While in the study, if an abnormal heart rhythm is detected, participants will be contacted by researchers and asked to wear an ePath monitor to test heart health.
Apple Watch owners can sign up to participate in the Apple Heart Study by downloading and installing the Apple Heart Study app. Those who want to join Cardiogram's studies can install the Cardiogram app and sign up to join the mRhythm study.
Article Link: Study Confirms Apple Watch Can Detect Abnormal Heart Rhythm With 97% Accuracy
Damn. I'm officially going to stop complaining to my cardiologist about my periodic PVC activity. That sounds awful. how can you function with that level of distraction?
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Absolutely, this sort of thing would solve a lot of issues. Doesn't seem like an insurmountable feat of programming, either. Maybe it'll happen soon.
It’s Terrible, headaches everyday, heart stops and goes every 10 seconds or so. Docs say I’m stuck this way.
Worked for me, pointed out a problem that could have been very serious, now managed. The Health App excellent source of data. Showed my data to Doctor, took a closer look. Now if you are prone to worry, need to take the Apple Watch data the same as checking blood pressure. One tool that over time reports what it sees, does not diagnose. Getting better with each new versions. I recommend the Apple Watch with No reservations.
[QUOTE="DeepHeart was able to read heart rate data collected by wearables, distinguishing between normal heart rhythm and atrial fibrillation with a 97 percent accuracy rate...
At a 97 percent accuracy rate, Cardiogram's study suggests the Apple Watch alone does a better job of detecting abnormal heart rhythms than FDA-approved accessory KardiaBand. From Cardiogram co-founder Johnson Hsiehublished in JAMA Cardiology this morning, the study confirms the results from a similar preliminary study done in May of 2017. According to Cardiogram, today's study marks the first peer-reviewed study in a medical journal that demonstrates popular wearables from companies like Apple, Garmin, Polar, LG, and others can detect a major health condition.
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Apple has been working closely with Biotelemety (BEAT) reagarding state of the art wireless carido monitoring.
Here's what BEAT does: BioTelemetry, Inc., a mobile and wireless medical technology company, provides cardiac and mobile blood glucose monitoring (BGM), centralized medical imaging, and original equipment manufacturing services for the healthcare and clinical research industries. It operates in three segments: Healthcare, Research, and Technology."
I can honestly see Apple either tendering a takeover offer to Biotelemetry or doing a full scale partnership because of BEATS top of the game wireless monootoring systems for all things cardio.
Go APPLE & BEAT!
At a 97 percent accuracy rate, Cardiogram's study suggests the Apple Watch alone does a better job of detecting abnormal heart rhythms than FDA-approved accessory KardiaBand. From Cardiogram co-founder Johnson Hsieh
ublished in JAMA Cardiology this morning, the study confirms the results from a similar preliminary study done in May of 2017. According to Cardiogram, today's study marks the first peer-reviewed study in a medical journal that demonstrates popular wearables from companies like Apple, Garmin, Polar, LG, and others can detect a major health condition.[/QUOTE]
Apple has been working closely with Biotelemety (BEAT) reagarding state of the art wireless carido monitoring.
Here's what BEAT does: BioTelemetry, Inc., a mobile and wireless medical technology company, provides cardiac and mobile blood glucose monitoring (BGM), centralized medical imaging, and original equipment manufacturing services for the healthcare and clinical research industries. It operates in three segments: Healthcare, Research, and Technology."
I can honestly see Apple either tendering a takeover offer to Biotelemetry or doing a full scale partnership because of BEATS top of the game wireless monootoring systems for all things cardio.
Go APPLE & BEAT!
[QUOTE="DeepHeart was able to read heart rate data collected by wearables, distinguishing between normal heart rhythm and atrial fibrillation with a 97 percent accuracy rate...
At a 97 percent accuracy rate, Cardiogram's study suggests the Apple Watch alone does a better job of detecting abnormal heart rhythms than FDA-approved accessory KardiaBand. From Cardiogram co-founder Johnson Hsieh
Apple has been working closely with Biotelemety (BEAT) reagarding state of the art wireless carido monitoring.
Here's what BEAT does: BioTelemetry, Inc., a mobile and wireless medical technology company, provides cardiac and mobile blood glucose monitoring (BGM), centralized medical imaging, and original equipment manufacturing services for the healthcare and clinical research industries. It operates in three segments: Healthcare, Research, and Technology."
I can honestly see Apple either tendering a takeover offer to Biotelemetry or doing a full scale partnership because of BEATS top of the game wireless monootoring systems for all things cardio.
Go APPLE & BEAT![/QUOTE]
How ironic I see this comment about Biotelemetry! I have a cousin who is an anesthesiologist who works heart procedures multiple times per week and he was talking about Biotelemetry's amazing wireless monotoring over a year ago. Now I see this & have to assume thet Apple is serious to top dog for their health apps. very cool!