CAN THE APPLE WATCH DETECT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND PERFORM ECG?

I was watching the launch of the new Apple watch series 5 and with amazement wondered if this watch could really detect AFIB? The short answer is YES. The long answer will include which Apple series watch can do this. How accurate. What about the ECG?. Palpitations and other irregular heartbeats? Can it take your blood pressure?

WHICH APPLE WATCH CAN DETECT AFIB?

According to a study done by the Stanford University School of Medicine, the watches that they used were the Apple watch series 1,2 and 3. The most recent series 4 was not used because it was not launched yet. Obviously the Apple watch series 5 was also not used because it was launched just the other day and will be made available for sale on 20 September 2019.

For this study, the participants also had to have an iPhone. The Apple Heart Study app was used to intermittently check the heart-rate pulse sensor for measurements of an irregular pulse rate.

Obviously the Apple Watch Series 4 and 5 will also be able to detect AFIB.

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HOW ACCURATE IS THE APPLE WATCH IN DETECTING AFIB?

In a very interesting study done by Dr Daniel Yazdi of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, he came to the following conclusion ” For the vast majority of individuals under age 55 whose…