Smart Watch Devices for Atrial Fibrillation Screening: It Has to Start Somewhere.

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Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Barriers to translating continuous monitoring technologies for preventative medicine.Nature biomedical engineering · 2025
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2. Artificial intelligence in atrial fibrillation: emerging applications, research directions and ethical considerations.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025
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3. Artificial intelligence-enabled atrial fibrillation detection using smartwatches: current status and future perspectives.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024
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4. A Digital Infrastructure for Cardiovascular Patient Care Based on Mobile Health Data and Patient-Reported Outcomes: Concept Details of the Helios TeleWear Project Including Preliminary Experiences.JMIR formative research · 2023
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5. Personalized vascular healthcare: insights from a large international survey.European heart journal supplements : journal of the European Society of Cardiology · 2022
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6. Feasibility and Reliability of Smartwatch to Obtain Precordial Lead Electrocardiogram Recordings.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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7. Apple Watch-guided diagnosis of AVNRT in a pregnant woman-A case report and literature review.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022
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8. [2020 ESC guidelines on atrial fibrillation : Summary of the most relevant recommendations and innovations].Herz · 2021
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9. Feasibility and Reliability of SmartWatch to Obtain 3-Lead Electrocardiogram Recordings.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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10. A smart toilet for personalized health monitoring.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2020
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11. Can Anticoagulation Be Stopped After Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation?Current cardiology reports · 2020
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Corrections and comments

• Commented on by
  Reply: Observations From the Huawei Heart Study Using Photoplethysmography-Based Smart Devices for Atrial Fibrillation Screening.2020
• Comment on
  Mobile Photoplethysmographic Technology to Detect Atrial Fibrillation.2019

Authors and funding

5 authors.

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