The Apple Watch has plenty of potential for health monitoring even after discovery of a condition, and a new study outlines its usefulness in monitoring patients after atrial fibrillation ablation.

Smartwatches beat standard cardiology care when it came to detecting atrial fibrillation (Afib, or AF) in a high-risk population, the Dutch EQUAL trial found. Among older people with elevated stroke ...

"If you own an Apple Watch, its native software already measures your heart rate once every 5 minutes, or continuously if you're working out," CEO Brandon Ballinger said in a statement. "That data ...

Apple today launched its atrial fibrillation history feature for Apple Watch in mainland China. Since 2022, Apple Watch in the U.S. has supported AFib History, which allows users diagnosed with atrial ...

A new trial suggests Apple Watch could make a meaningful difference in what happens after atrial fibrillation ablation, not by changing the procedure itself, but by changing what patients and doctors ...

Cardiogram, a startup working on algorithms to make the Apple Watch’s heart rate data clinically actionable, announced some results today from its mRhythm Study. The data, presented at the Heart ...

(RTTNews) - New peer-reviewed research showed that the Apple Watch may be much more effective at detecting atrial fibrillation (AFib) than traditional methods, as the smartwatch monitoring found many ...

A new clinical study suggests the Apple Watch may be more effective at detecting atrial fibrillation than standard medical check-ups. The randomized study focused on adults over the age of 65 with an ...

As the subject line notes. I've an elderly relative recently diagnosed with arrhythmia who'd IMO definitely be helped by the unattended AFib, BPM and SPO2 monitoring from a smart watch. Alas, not much ...

A Dutch trial evaluated 6 months of Afib screening in a high-risk, older population using Apple Watches, which have both photoplethysmography and electrocardiography functionality. The intervention ...