smith7018 t1_j5osffy wrote
Reply to comment by revealsadancingbear in Garmin adds FDA-cleared EKGs to its Venu 2 Plus smartwatch | Garmin is shoring up its lifestyle offerings by adding this advanced health feature to its smartest device. by chrisdh79
The Apple Watch has an ECG whose sole purpose is to detect signs of AFib. I'm guessing since they made the scope so narrow that they don't get a lot of false positives.
revealsadancingbear t1_j5ot4dh wrote
Yes, to my knowledge, determining "afib" is "not afib" is the only validated use of watch-based ekgs.
MEMENARDO_DANK_VINCI t1_j5pmhms wrote
It’s about the only thing you could use it for as it only gets the arm leads it can’t even determine axis which it would need to diagnose things
newbies13 t1_j5sqsx0 wrote
Aren't these totally different technologies? I thought ECG was for detecting arrythmia and is very very clear that it can't detect a heart attack. EKG is what they use to detect heart attacks. Lots of watches and devices have ECG functionality at this point, very few have EKG let alone approval as functioning well enough to be advertised.
At least that's my understanding from a very quick look around at watch health features come in smart watches these days.
revealsadancingbear t1_j5t40n1 wrote
EKG and ecg are synonymous. One is electrocardiogram, one is electrokardiogram. Depends on how Germanic you're feeling.
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