Why the study?
Wearable technologies providing continuous healthcare data are widespread, but their data are not routinely integrated into clinical practice despite the importance of early arrhythmia identification.
This review outlines the current landscape, clinical impact, and emerging trials of wearable technology for arrhythmia detection.
Wearables may inform arrhythmia monitoring in select patients; leaves open need for prospective outcome trials before broad adoption.
Arrhythmias are an increasingly common cause of hospital admissions worldwide. Late detection of arrhythmias is associated with a significantly increased risk of cardiovascular complications. Early identification and management of life-threatening arrhythmias is paramount to reduce mortality. Wearable technologies are now widespread among the general population, providing a continuous output of healthcare data. However, this data are not routinely integrated into clinical practice. Here, we begin by outlining the current landscape in wearable technology for aiding arrhythmia detection; we then consider the clinical impact of wearable technology for both clinicians and patients; we further highlight the latest and emerging trials in wearable technology for arrhythmia detection and finally postulate the wider implications of the expansion of such cardiac devices.
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