The REACT-AF trial began in July 2023 and is led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Randomized patients (half of the overall participants) wear an Apple Watch for 14 hours a day, paired ...

In the study, during testing of 600 subjects in a controlled environment, the Apple Watch achieved 99.6% accuracy in detecting sinus rhythm classification and 98.3% accuracy in classifying AFib.

Every Monday, your Apple Watch will send you a notification with an estimate of the length and duration of your AFib episodes, as long as you've worn it for at least 12 hours a day on five out ...

Your Apple Watch's AFib history could soon be used in clinical studies Written by Don Reisinger, Contributing Writer May 3, 2024 at 8:42 a.m. PT Max Buondonno/ZDNET ...

The Apple Watch AFib feature – which detects abnormal heartbeat patterns indicative of atrial fibrillation – has received a new tick of approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

An NIH-funded clinical trial is exploring the role of Apple Watch in managing AFib, possibly helping reduce reliance on blood thinners.

Northwestern Medicine hopes to improve treatment for AFib using an Apple Watch. Right now, the industry standards call for AFib patients to take blood thinners for the rest of their lives.

An Apple Watch detected atrial fibrillation in an elderly woman, prompting timely medical care. Tech enthusiast Nikias Molina shared the incident, highlighting the watch's ECG feature that ...

A hospital in Pittsburgh has become the latest medical center to join a ground-breaking Apple Watch trial in the US that's helping patients with atrial fibrillation ditch blood-thinning ...

Apple Watch Ultra 3: 5 reasons to consider upgrading, and 4 reasons you might want to skip; ... Afib tracking is just one of the Apple Watch's suite of health features, ...

Apple appeared before court in an effort to overturn a ruling that blocked U.S. sales of Apple Watches with blood-oxygen ...