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Smart watch recording of ventricular tachycardia: Case study.
Journal article

Smart watch recording of ventricular tachycardia: Case study.

  • Ringwald M Emergency Department, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: maxime.ringwald@chuv.ch.
  • Crich A Emergency Department, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: alexandre.crich@chuv.ch.
  • Beysard N Emergency Department, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: nicolas.beysard@chuv.ch.
  • 2019-12-02
Published in:
  • The American journal of emergency medicine. - 2020
Cardiac arrhythmia
Smart watch
Syncope
Ventricular tachycardia
Electrocardiography
Emergency Service, Hospital
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Monitoring, Ambulatory
Smartphone
Tachycardia, Ventricular
English Smartphones and connected devices allow patients to monitor their health in a variety of ways. We report the case of a patient presenting to the emergency department complaining of palpitations and syncope. Standard investigations were unremarkable. However, an electrocardiogram recorded through his Apple Watch® indicated ventricular tachycardia. This case highlights the importance of proactively requesting such information from patients, though normal recordings may not preclude cardiac arrhythmia. Controlled clinical studies are needed to validate such practices.
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  • English
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https://sonar.ch/global/documents/278235
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