When Wearables See What We Cannot: Are Athletes’ Heart Rate Monitors Becoming Arrhythmia Surveillance Tools?

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Commercial wearable heart rate monitors used by athletes are emerging as potential tools for cardiac arrhythmia surveillance. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Jamie M. O’Driscoll; Sarandeep Marwaha; Sanjay Sharma

doi:10.1093/eurjpc/zwag454

September 25, 2026European Journal of Preventive CardiologyOpen Access

When Wearables See What We Cannot: Are Athletes’ Heart Rate Monitors Becoming Arrhythmia Surveillance Tools?

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Wearable heart rate monitors are emerging as potential surveillance tools for detecting previously unrecognized arrhythmias in athletes.

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To examine whether commercial wearable heart rate monitors used by athletes are functioning as effective tools for cardiac arrhythmia surveillance and clinical screening.
Reviewed technological mechanisms and clinical utility of wearable heart rate monitors in athletic cohorts.
Evaluated arrhythmia detection capabilities, diagnostic accuracy, and sports cardiology integration.
Wearable sensors enable continuous ambulatory cardiac rhythm tracking, capturing transient arrhythmias that often evade standard clinical evaluations.
Device discrepancies and false-positive readings necessitate formal electrocardiographic validation prior to definitive sports cardiology management decisions.

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Discusses the potential role of athletes' heart rate monitors as arrhythmia surveillance tools.

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Jamie M O’Driscoll, Sarandeep Marwaha, Sanjay Sharma; When Wearables See What We Cannot: Are Athletes’ Heart Rate Monitors Becoming Arrhythmia Surveillance

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O’Driscoll et al. (2026) studied this question. Wearable heart rate monitors are emerging as potential surveillance tools for detecting previously unrecognized arrhythmias in athletes.

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