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mashuto t1_j5pkjy3 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

They do very specifically give the users a warning that it cannot detect heart attacks, it cannot detect strokes, it basically can only tell you if it thinks its a normal sinus rythm or potentially afib. Pretty sure thats about par for the course for other watches with similar features as well.

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MEMENARDO_DANK_VINCI t1_j5pn25j wrote

If you can already interrupt ekgs you can get some other data from them, not very actionable but I had the presence of mind to activate the watch while I blacked out due to a vagal, got half a cool recording before I moved too much for it, but I was vaguely reassured

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