Rationale and design of a large-scale, app-based study to identify cardiac arrhythmias using a smartwatch: The Apple Heart Study

• Published in: The American heart journal Vol. 207; pp. 66 - 75
• Main Authors: Turakhia, Mintu P., Desai, Manisha, Hedlin, Haley, Rajmane, Amol, Talati, Nisha, Ferris, Todd, Desai, Sumbul, Nag, Divya, Patel, Mithun, Kowey, Peter, Rumsfeld, John S., Russo, Andrea M., Hills, Mellanie True, Granger, Christopher B., Mahaffey, Kenneth W., Perez, Marco V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2019; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Algorithms; Arrhythmia; Atrial Fibrillation - diagnosis; Atrial Fibrillation - epidemiology; Atrial Flutter - diagnosis; Atrial Flutter - epidemiology; Cardiac arrhythmia; Collaboration; Consent; Data collection; EKG; Electrocardiography; Electrocardiography, Ambulatory - instrumentation; Fees & charges; Fibrillation; Fitness; Flutter; Health care; Health services utilization; Heart; Heart failure; Humans; Irregularities; Medical equipment; Medical personnel; Mobile Applications; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data; Patient Reported Outcome Measures; Physicians; Prospective Studies; Pulse rate; Screening; Smart devices; Smartphone; Smartphones; Smartwatches; Stroke; Telemedicine; Time Factors; Variability; Wearable Electronic Devices; Wearable technology; Wrist

Smartwatch and fitness band wearable consumer electronics can passively measure pulse rate from the wrist using photoplethysmography (PPG). Identification of pulse irregularity or variability from these data has the potential to identify atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter (AF, collectively). The...