Apple Watch

[farewelltoarms]

What is the best apple watch to monitor and detect afib? Ablation 4 months ago and now back in afib.

Thank you

[RockingRoxy]

I was advised 5 onwards and definitely not SE version. I bought a 9 as that was the latest one at the time. If you have an Apple Store nearby I am sure they will help you.

[Ossie7 in reply to RockingRoxy]

I was gutted when my son bought me the latest SE for Christmas 2 years ago . It started doing ECG’s and then apple removed the function from all SE’s ! So I had the series 9 this Christmas . No idea how to use the ecg’s to show medics though . Can anyone help with that ? ( I’m a bit rubbish with fad gadgets !)

[Buzby62 in reply to Ossie7]

Ossie7 , have a look at this support link support.apple.com/en-us/120278

See “View and share your Health information” section

Best wishes

[Ossie7 in reply to Buzby62]

Will do, thanks

[Buzby62]

It’s all in this support page

support.apple.com/en-gb/120...

Series 4 onwards and not SE

Read it all as there are some anomalies and restrictions, a 24 hour monitor it is definitely not! It can cause more anxiety than it’s worth if you don’t understand it’s limitations.

Best wishes

[RussJun55]

Just to add that the Ultra model has a big advantage over the other models in battery capacity: up to 36 hours for Ultra vs up to 18 hours for the model 10.

[Linz888]

I was using mine and my cardiologist told me to stop doing it. It was regularly saying my heart rate was too low. My doc was saying the same doing a manual pulse observation. But when he hooked me up to the machine in the hospital and I ran my watch at the same time I could see that it wasn’t picking up the smaller beat in my PVC’s. So actually my heart rate was 80, not under 50 like my watch said. He was so nice about it…unlike another cardiologist who said ‘oh no another apple watch diagnosis’. He said lots of people appear at A&E based on the Apple watch readings.

The good thing is you can manually count beats in the ECG output from the watch.

I do still use it, but I don’t let it worry me too much.

[TracyAdmin Partner]

Thank you for your post, and sorry to read your AF has returned. You may find our 'Understanding ECG Monitors' booklet helpful.

US: api.heartrhythmalliance.org...

UK & International: api.heartrhythmalliance.org...

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our Patient Services Team:

US: heartrhythmalliance.org/afa...

UK & International: heartrhythmalliance.org/afa...

Kind regards

TracyAdmin

[Bennera513]

I have used a version 6 Apple Watch through my onset of Afib and successful (3 years now) ablation. However, I always keep the Kardia Mobile in the rotation as well. The watch is for when I'm away from the house, or on the bike in the country, or skiing hillside, etc. But on airplane trips or long road excursions I keep the Kardia packed away for backup. The watch, for me at least, provides a steadier and easier read, but the Kardia is more advanced and with determinations, does a better job of 'diagnosing' the rhythm. When grinding up a hill on my bike and wonky rhythm hits, I wouldn't be able to find a sturdy/steady surface to register with the Kardia. Like others have stated, battery life is a big concern. I can't count the number of times I've been out or am headed out and the watch is DOA and needs to charge.

[Angelawimbledon]

I have a Withings Watch and it's very helpful

[farewelltoarms]

Thank you to everyone who responded