Kardia 6L

[BenHall1]

Hi,

Has anyone with the Kardia 6L subscribed to the Kardiacare package ( £9.99 per month of £99 per year ) ? Is it worthwhile / any good or is it just a marketing thingy ?

Thanks.

John

[MummyLuv]

yes I used this for the year after my mini maze, it was a cell ent in identifying arrhythmia’s outside of afib, which was useful during the healing period to then discuss with surgeon.

If you are having other bothersome ectopics for example or getting a lot of inconclusive readings it will be useful, otherwise your Kardia will pick up afib without it.

[CDreamer]

I’ve managed all these years withour subscribing. I think MummyLuv summed it up nicely - if you want to pick up arrythmias other than AF, possibly worth it if you haven’t got a direct line contact with your EP, which lets face it, these day very few of us have.

[BenHall1 in reply to CDreamer]

Hiya CD,

Well I certainly don't have a direct line contact with my GP much less the more substantial professionals in the cardiac food chain.

I've used Kardia 6L for a year or so and it has been boringly NSR. However, and what prompted my post, was that in recent months I have noticed some weird 'spikes' that have never appeared before. But not in every reading but they still appear on a regular basis with the Kardia caption " Unclassified". Just curious. The only thing in my life that has changed since the end of last summer has been a massive increase in pain levels in left shoulder defined as a torn rotator cuff tendon. No treatment offerred by GP - thus far. It seems to be healing itself.

Consistent with more pain is an increase in BP and also HR.. Just wondering if these spikes are another reflection of my injury as might be the increase in BP and HR.

Thanks.

John

[MummyLuv in reply to BenHall1]

John in which case it would be worth it for a short period.. the advanced determination does not recognise all arrhythmia, just the most common, but what will be useful to you is you can send the ECG to a Kardia clinician who will read it when the advanced determination doesn’t. Paying a couple of months subscription could well put your mind at rest.

[BenHall1 in reply to MummyLuv]

Hi MummyLuv,

Thanks very much for your comments. That's a conclusion I had arrived at so will give it a go for a few months and see what tumbles out.

[ETHEL103]

Yes well worth it IMO.I suffered with loads of ectopics and Kardia just said possible a fib but when I had an ablation a year later it couldn't be started but they did find flutter.The money paid for care plan shows in more detail what the particular arrhythmia is in more detail and you can send it to your EP.

[AAJJTt]

Hi, I find the determination of the Kardiamobile 6L very accurate were Afib is concerned. To date, I have never subscribed to the service for the extra determinations. PVCs, which I suffer from, are easy enough to see on a trace. If there are too many PVCs(4/5+) on a 30sec trace, it will usually report an ‘unclassified’ determination.

[Foreverfibber]

When I first bought it I signed up for kardia care but after the subscription ended I bought a fax app and sent the ekg to my own cardiologist.