The latest clinical validation study on the AliveCor Kardia\nMobile ECG has just been published in The Lancet. The study was funded by\nresearch awards from Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) and the British\nHeart Foundation (BHF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whilst previous clinical studies have concentrated on the\nAliveCor\u2019s use to detect Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) in Community Pharmacy and Primary\nCare settings this latest multi-centre trial looked at patients presenting to Accident\nand Emergency Departments with palpitations and pre-syncope but with no obvious\ncause at their initial consultation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The multi-centre, randomised controlled trial included 243\npatients recruited over an 18 month period from 10 prestigious centres across\nthe UK including Hospitals in Edinburgh, Reading, London, Exeter, Plymouth,\nChesterfield, Leicester and Nottingham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What was the problem\nthe researchers identified? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It is estimated that Palpitations and pre-syncope are\ntogether responsible for 300,000 annual Accident and Emergency Department attendances\nin the United Kingdom (UK) alone. However diagnosis of the underlying rhythm is\ndifficult as many patients are fully recovered by the time they attend Hospital\nand their ECG is normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What was the outcome?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Use of the AliveCor Kardia Mobile ECG smartphone-based event\nrecorder in Accident and Emergency units was five times more effective at\ndetecting heart rhythm problems than standard tests and should be used in all Accident\nand Emergency units, researchers say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Use of the Kardia Mobile ECG also increased the number of\npatients diagnosed with cardiac arrhythmia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Study participation survey and questionnaire\ndemonstrated the Kardia Mobile was well received and liked by patients with the\nmajority agreeing or strongly agreeing the Kardia Mobile was easy to use. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The \u00a399 Kardia Mobile ECG recorder also cut the cost of\ndiagnosis by more than \u00a3900 per patient and cut the time taken to diagnose by\nmore than three weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A copy of the paper can be accessed using the following link\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n M.J. Reed, N.R. Grubb, C.C. Lang, et al., Multi-centre Randomised Controlled Trial of a Smartphone-based Event Recorder Alongside Standard Car…, , https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.eclinm.2019.02.005<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The latest clinical validation study on the AliveCor Kardia Mobile ECG has just been published in The Lancet. The study was funded by research awards from Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS) and the British Heart Foundation (BHF). Whilst previous clinical studies have concentrated on the AliveCor\u2019s use to detect Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) in Community … Continue reading “Kardia Mobile Recommended In UK Accident & Emegency Departments”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[40,33,89,23],"tags":[118,119,120,121],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsinstruments.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsinstruments.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsinstruments.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsinstruments.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsinstruments.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsinstruments.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":309,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsinstruments.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308\/revisions\/309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsinstruments.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsinstruments.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsinstruments.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}