Want to monitor heart irregularities. Should I buy smartwatch?

I wear an Apple Watch and use a Kardia mobile. Both seem to work ok. I look forward to the day when I feel confident and optimistic enough about my heart health to retire both gadgets.

@lindy9 Yep. Sort of like checking your BP. If it's good you set it aside and go on with life. If it's bad you start taking it over and start wondering and then it often go higher. Technology has a way of trapping us.

@sherry57 I have used my Apple Watch AFib monitor for last few years and it works great, also storing your rhythm on your phone. Yes, I strongly recommend it.

@debroo just curious if you are having the ablation and Watchman at the same time? I’ve received mixed messages about whether they are done at the same time, but that’s what I’m hoping for. My appointment with the EP is in 2 weeks, so I haven’t actually spoken with him yet. Best of luck for your procedures.

My bathroom digital scale does that. Nearly every morning, it starts out at a good weight, but if I get off and on it goes up often more than a pound and then stabilizes there. I tell it what I think every day. I am not fat, but I do not appreciate it going up. Ha!

I have an older Apple watch, but it monitors my heart rate and then I also bought the Kardia Monitor which is what captured the information needed to receive a proper diagnosis. Nothing was captured on EKG machines in the hospital or a heart monitor for a month.
Good luck!

@lindy9 In the same club.

If your the type of Afib where you don't realize an event is happening then having a smart watch or Kardia card leaves something to be desired since they need your input to record an event. Can't speak for an Apple watch since I have a fitbit. It is suppose to catch Afib events but there seemed to be a certain amount of timing on the watches part regarding if it is monitoring at that specific time of the occurrence. It does a good job of doing an ECG on demand and storing the data for future use but if you don't know if your having an event you don't know when to take the ECG. It seems like a good idea to have one but I think they still need some fine tuning. If my watch can't reliably tell me how many flight of stairs I climb a day am I going to believe in it's ability to track my heart rhythm 24 x 7.

I use both my watch and Kardia. The data from the iwatch goes into my Kardia app.

@kellyb1960 at first he was just going to do the watchman but he said the afib has gotten more active so he may do an ablation followed by the the watchman; I have only one kidney and he’s going to do the watchman without using dye ( I don’t know what’s normal) but it’s not until January so it could all change by then🌻good luck to you