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posted by janrinok on Saturday February 29 2020, @08:24PM   Printer-friendly
from the but,-but,-shiny! dept.

Heart Rate Limitations Show Why You Shouldn't Get Your Medical Advice From the Apple Watch:

The Apple Watch is the smartwatch to beat. It's massively popular, has a full range of features, and compared to some of its competitors, leads the way in rethinking how wearables can function within the health sector. During the Apple Watch portion of Apple events, you can generally expect a feel-good reel of real-life users sharing stories of how the watch saved their lives by notifying them of their irregular heartbeat. That said, Apple's own FDA application for its ECG app admits the watch does not detect atrial fibrillation (AFib) for heart rates exceeding 120 beats per minute—a limitation that a Forbes report suggests could leave a large number of Apple Watch users with a false sense of security.

That 120bpm limitation is, as it turns out, significant, according to Forbes. Mayo Clinic says that the heart rate of AFib patients can range anywhere from 100 to 175bpm—meaning the Apple Watch isn't looking at a decent chunk of folks who may be affected.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 02 2020, @05:31AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 02 2020, @05:31AM (#965337)

    Or you could just place your fingers under your jaw. Or you could just stay still for a moment and mentally feel yourself internally to feel your heartbeat. But apparently no. People are so out of touch with themselves they've got to pay money to figure out something they've been feeling all their life. Crazy.

    Have gym and health classes been cut from schools?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 02 2020, @06:47AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 02 2020, @06:47AM (#965375)

    I have also had doubts since the blood pressure meter at the WalMart had fits reading me several years ago. I thought it was something else.

    A friend had a pulse oximeter he would verify himself with. We passed that thing around. We saw what each other's readings were.

    I was erratic. So was my friends. But the others were quite steady.

    It had been maybe 30 years ago I last saw a doctor. And I had just got onto Medicare So I presented at the doctor's office. AFib and leaky Mitral valve.

    Even if you are healthy, get one of these things and baseline yourself. So you know what you should look like. If funnies show up, it at least lets you see in a graphical and screen capturable form the situation you can show to your doctor. He knows exactly what those squiggles mean, and can advise you from there.