A US-based company has created a medical device that can monitor heart rhythm of cardiovascular patients and transmit electrocardiogram (ECG) to doctors through their smartphone.The wireless \u201cKardia Mobile\u201d device, manufactured by US-based company AliveCor, links to patient\u2019s smartphones through an app available for Apple and android devices which immediately transmits \u201cone-lead\u201d or \u201c30-second\u201d ECGs to doctors, Peoria Journal Star reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The device will be offered to thousands of patients of Illinois-based cardiology group Prairie Cardiovascular, where it will be used to monitor patients for early detection of \u201catrial fibrillation\u201d and other heart-rhythm problems.<\/p>\n
The goal is to give doctors the opportunity to add or adjust medicines and take necessary steps in time to help patients avoid strokes, heart attacks and other heart-related events.<\/p>\n
\u201cEarly diagnosis is important,\u201d said Ziad Issa, cardiologist at St. John\u2019s Hospital\u2019s Prairie Heart Institute of Illinois.<\/p>\n
Prairie Cardiovascular becomes one of the few other health-care centres in the US to adopt the technology which has been cleared by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is available in stores and online without prescription.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe health-care system is not designed for consumers. This [device] enables patients to be more engaged and participate in their care,\u201d said Doug Biehn, Chief Operating Officer of AliveCor.<\/p>\n
However, some doctors have raised concerns over the possiblility that the device may produce unnecessary doctor visits, testing, false alarms, which could worry patients.<\/p>\n
The doctors noted that the device will be helpful if confined to genuinely high-risk group who are already experiencing frequent symptoms and receiving multiple visits and ECGs.<\/p>\n
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