The study, details of which are being presented today at the American College of Cardiology conference in New Orleans, used the watch’s sensors to detect possible atrial fibrillation.
“The findings are exciting and encouraging, but clearly there is a lot more to be done,” said Lloyd Minor, dean of Stanford’s medical school.
That relatively low number showed that the technology wasn’t inundating people with worrisome alerts.Of the minority of patients who got notifications and agreed to wear a portable electrocardiogram for up to a week, about 34% were found to have atrial fibrillation. Apple looks forward “to learning more about the impact of Apple Watch alongside the medical community,” said Jeff Williams, the company’s chief operating officer.
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