A new study has been launched at Stanford University.
It should determine whether and How Apple Watch can help detect cardiac arrhythmias in children and young adults. The ECG function of the watch is used for this.
Watch ECG also useful for small patients?
This is in the USA Approved by the FDA only for the detection of irregular heartbeats in adults over 22 years of age. But perhaps it could soon be used for younger patients to detect problems that clinical examinations do not reveal so early.
To do this, 100 children and young adults will be equipped with an Apple Watch for six months and the measured arrhythmia events will be compared with those measured with a “standardized clinical rhythm monitor”.
This information can then be used to design further studies and investigation techniques. Such projects are regularly carried out at Stanford University using the Apple Watch.
