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ArticleOxford medical case reports2019

Smart watch-detected tachycardia: a case of atrial flutter.

Lara N Goldstein, Mike Wells

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Article in Oxford medical case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  5. Wearable devices: monitoring the future?Oxford medical case reports · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Lara N GoldsteinDivision of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-9427-8710
Mike WellsDivision of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-4520-2007

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of smart watches like the Apple watch and other wearable electronic devices by the general public has been increasing dramatically. Until their accuracy for detecting dysrhythmias has been well-established, however, it would not be appropriate to rely on them solely to rule-in or rule-out pathology. Nonetheless, unusual findings from these devices should be followed up with more conventional investigations, and this approach may prove highly beneficial to patients and treating clinicians alike. This case demonstrates a diagnosis of atrial flutter that was suspected based on the Apple watch and iPhone Health app findings.

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atrial flutterdigital healthheart rate determinationwearable electronic device

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PMID31908819
PMCPMC6937458

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