Fitbit has completed clinical trials of its own ECG feature and is looking to get FDA approval – as it launches a large scale study into Afib and irregular heart rate detection. The mass Fitbit Heart ...

When Apple introduced the fourth iteration of its smartwatch, the big new selling point wasn’t a feature we typically associate with a watch or any sort of smart device. Instead, the company added a ...

My first patient of the morning, a delightful tech-savvy septuagenarian with persistent atrial fibrillation, told me she had been monitoring her rhythm for the last few days using her Apple Watch 4 ...

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm, derived from the features of individual heartbeats recorded on an ECG (electrocardiogram), can accurately predict diabetes and pre-diabetes, suggests ...

The Skeptical Cardiologist keeps his eyes open for new, potentially improved ways of personal mobile ECG monitoring, so when I saw the following comments on an atrial fibrillation forum I was ...

The lead-I electrocardiogram (ECG) devices were assessed when they were used in addition to 12‑lead ECGs. Clinical experts advised that a 12‑lead ECG would still be used after lead-I ECGs to identify ...

With FDA 510(k) clearance and CE mark, the Fitbit ECG App may help prevent serious complications like stroke by allowing users to spot check for signs of AFib from their wrist SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS ...

Google has announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its product, Fitbit, to use a new feature that will identify atrial fibrillation (AFib). In a statement on Monday, Google ...