How does the EKG taken on the Apple Watch compare with accuracy compared to the one taken at doctors office?
iPhone XS, iOS 14
You can read and decide for yourself:
Taking an ECG with the ECG app on Apple Watch Series 4, Series 5, or Series 6 - Apple Support
A medical ECG can employ up to 12 sensing electrodes.
Not to detract from the watch … it’s quite good … but the two systems aren’t even comparable.
Interesting.
I now see how a 12-lead ECG only uses 10x “electrodes.”
More of a “12-views” created from the 10 electrodes; while the watch is limited to “1-view” from it’s electrode pair.
It really does not mean one lead, it means Lead 1, which is a reference to where that lead is located when doing a 12-lead ECG. Sorry, but I had to step in on that one. But I agree, it is impressive according to my physician as well.
Cool graph.
Don’t you have to touch the crown to make it work?
That’s 2-electrodes. 😉
Not bad for a 1 lead ECG.
Yes that closes the circuit.If you read the bottom line on the graph it says similar to a 1 lead ECG and my doctor says it's almost as good as his machine.
How does this Apple Watch compare with taking an ECG IN doctors Office?
