The digital diagnostic helper: Apple Watch detects severe coronary ischemia

(Dpt of Cardiology - University Medical Center Mainz) Apple watches have long been able to record electrocardiograms (ECGs) and send warnings in the event of an irregular heart rhythm such as atrial fibrillation. Now a team of cardiologists from the Cardiopraxis Mainz and the Department of Cardiology of the University Medical Center Mainz discovered that, with the help of an Apple Watch, cardiac arrhythmias as well as coronary ischemia can be identified. This is what they reportin the European Heart Journal.
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