Why the study?
Despite the clinical advantages of artificial intelligence, doubts remain regarding its adoption into patient care due to the challenges it poses.
Smartwatches and wearable AI devices can successfully detect cardiac arrhythmias like atrial fibrillation in clinical practice.
Supports smartwatch AF detection in young patients; hypothesis-generating, requires prospective validation before practice change.
Artificial intelligence (AI) offers a wide range of applications in clinical practice, and new technologies are rapidly evolving the healthcare industry and enhancing outcomes. Smartwatches represent the most popular type of wearable AI device that can assist people in detecting cardiac arrhythmias via constant monitoring of heart activity. Numerous advantages result from integrating AI into healthcare systems, including improved patient care, lower rates of medical errors, better treatment recommendations, and more accurate diagnosis of diseases. However, doubts still remain regarding the adoption of AI into patient care due to the challenges it poses. In this paper, we report a case of atrial fibrillation (AF) in a young patient that was detected by his smartwatch. We also highlight some of the benefits and challenges of AI applications in healthcare.
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