Rationale and design of a large-scale, app-based study to identify cardiac arrhythmias using a smartwatch: The Apple Heart Study

P. Turakhia, Mintu; Desai, Manisha; Hedlin, Haley; Rajmane, Amol; Talati, Nisha; Ferris, Todd; Desai, Sumbul; Nag, Divya; Patel, Mithun; R. Kowey, Peter; S. Rumsfeld, John; M. Russo, Andrea; True Hills, Mellanie; B. Granger, Christopher; W. Mahaffey, Kenneth; Pérez, Marco

doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2018.09.002

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Rationale and design of a large-scale, app-based study to identify cardiac arrhythmias using a smartwatch: The Apple Heart Study

Published in American Heart Journal • Sep 8, 2018

Authors:

Mintu P. Turakhia

Manisha Desai

Haley Hedlin

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Smartwatch and fitness band wearable consumer electronics can passively measure pulse rate from the wrist using photoplethysmography (PPG). Identification of pulse irregularity or variability from these data has the potential to identify atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter (AF, collect...

Subject

Smartwatch

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Computer science

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