Heart rate

[Lyngal]

Hi everyone I’ve got an enlarged heart and angina 3-4 times a week my Apple Watch (has a heart monitor) show my heart rate is 137+ when I’m asleep

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Have you informed ur doctor of this....best thing I ever bought was finger pulse oxymeter so accurate

[Lyngal in reply to Hidden]

No I’ve got a finger rate oxymeter also and I’ve tested against the watch. I feel so well so not sure about going to the Gp

[Dolphin14]

You should call the md. thats high resting heart rate if it's accurate.

[MichaelJH Heart Star]

I am slightly bemused. As you have posted you must be concerned yet you do not want to see your GP! The BPM quoted is too high and suggests a thyroid problem, an underlying infection, a minimal level of fitness or something else. You need to see your GP!

[Tabbyjune]

Apple Watch heart are incorrect used to have one mine used to do same at night any watch hr monitors are rubbish I would go to gp and get a 24 hour tape that would soon tell you if it is peaking at night in your sleep

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Just a note, but the hr function (and ecg function on newer watches) is not appropriate or necessarily accurate for people with an existing cardiac issue. The paperwork will state that somewhere. There is also plenty of formal research now that shows that ALL wrist worn fitness devices are generally inaccurate across the full spectrum of things they do, including monitoring hr even in people without any heart problems. That said, that doesn’t necessarily mean that you can disregard the readings as erroneous: as per other replies, you need to go and see your doctor to confirm that there isn’t something going on.

If you want to spot check your hr, either invest in a device that works with a chest band for hr monitoring (Garmin do these and they came out far superior in the testing for accuracy, although still not without issues) or better yet, get a fingertip SpO2 monitor - you won’t be able to check it yourself in your sleep, and you still need to make sure that you’re using it correctly (it’s not quite as simple as just putting it on, you need to understand what a good signal looks like), but at least you’ll know that the readings you’re getting are accurate.