Study results suggest a new device, coupled with smartphone technology, can accurately and effectively detect atrial fibrillation.
The KardiaMobile Cardiac Monitor from AliveCor, which records a rhythm strip using a smartphone app that enables patients to securely send their data to their physician, was evaluated in a single-center, nonrandomized and adjudicator-blinded study.
“This study is the first independent validation of this smartphone monitor system in the clinical setting using near simultaneous 12-lead ECGs,” said lead investigator Khaldoun Tarakji, MD, director of the Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Digital Health Technologies at its Heart and Vascular Institute.