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Title: Wearable Tech Can Detect Life-Threatening Heart Problems Post by: HCK on May 18, 2017, 04:05:19 pm Wearable Tech Can Detect Life-Threatening Heart Problems
Cardiogram last week announced that it has developed a preliminary algorithm to use with the Apple Watch and Android Wear devices to detect atrial fibrillation with higher accuracy than previously validated detection methods. Atrial fibrillation, or AF, affects about 2.7 million Americans, and increases the risk of stroke by five times. Overall, it causes about 15 percent of strokes. Source: Wearable Tech Can Detect Life-Threatening Heart Problems (http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84525.html?rss=1) |