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[...] Atrial fibrillation is the most common heart rhythm disorder. One in four middle-aged adults in Europe and the US will develop atrial fibrillation. 2 It causes 20-30% of all strokes and raises the risk of premature death, but outlook improves dramatically with oral anticoagulation therapy. Undiagnosed atrial fibrillation is common and many patients remain untreated. Opportunistic screening is recommended in over-65s, but has time, logistical, and resource demands.
DIGITAL-AF examined the feasibility and effectiveness of screening for atrial fibrillation with a smartphone app medically certified in the EU to detect the condition. The app was made freely available by publishing an access token in a local newspaper. Within 48 hours, 12,328 adults had scanned the token and enrolled in the study.
Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180825081735.htm
(Score: 2) by opinionated_science on Wednesday August 29 2018, @12:48PM (1 child)
as a "new to running" person, I have collected a couple of years of running HR data - via the chest strap. The patterns are clear of individual stress and performance.
The newer devices have more efficient monitors, and are starting to edge into days, even with constant monitoring.
My thought is, we don't know what we'll find until we do the experiment.
I'll guess we'll have to wait and see...
(Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Wednesday August 29 2018, @03:57PM
True. If it doesn't hurt to collect the data, collect the data! But you've also added a little and important bit - your data is collected while you're running. That says something more than "it's just a pulse rate" :) Where I was going at was that since Afib can happen even in an otherwise fine pulse (and it takes an ECG to detect them), it's a good indicator. Not necessarily a diagnosis.
But by all means, if you make sense out of the data you get, go for it!
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