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Article

Anytime ECG Monitoring through the Use of a Low-Cost, User-Friendly, Wearable Device

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Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Turin, Italy
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Department of Surgical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Torino, 10124 Turin, Italy
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sensors 2021, 21(18), 6036; https://doi.org/10.3390/s21186036
Submission received: 29 July 2021 / Revised: 3 September 2021 / Accepted: 6 September 2021 / Published: 9 September 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Wearable and Unobtrusive Technologies for Healthcare Monitoring)

Abstract

Every year cardiovascular diseases kill the highest number of people worldwide. Among these, pathologies characterized by sporadic symptoms, such as atrial fibrillation, are difficult to be detected as state-of-the-art solutions, e.g., 12-leads electrocardiogram (ECG) or Holter devices, often fail to tackle these kinds of pathologies. Many portable devices have already been proposed, both in literature and in the market. Unfortunately, they all miss relevant features: they are either not wearable or wireless and their usage over a long-term period is often unsuitable. In addition, the quality of recordings is another key factor to perform reliable diagnosis. The ECG WATCH is a device designed for targeting all these issues. It is inexpensive, wearable (size of a watch), and can be used without the need for any medical expertise about positioning or usage. It is non-invasive, it records single-lead ECG in just 10 s, anytime, anywhere, without the need to physically travel to hospitals or cardiologists. It can acquire any of the three peripheral leads; results can be shared with physicians by simply tapping a smartphone app. The ECG WATCH quality has been tested on 30 people and has successfully compared with an electrocardiograph and an ECG simulator, both certified. The app embeds an algorithm for automatically detecting atrial fibrillation, which has been successfully tested with an official ECG simulator on different severity of atrial fibrillation. In this sense, the ECG WATCH is a promising device for anytime cardiac health monitoring.
Keywords: analog filters; atrial fibrillation; ECG WATCH; ECG; EKG; electrocardiogram; instrumentation amplifier; mobile healthcare; telemedicine analog filters; atrial fibrillation; ECG WATCH; ECG; EKG; electrocardiogram; instrumentation amplifier; mobile healthcare; telemedicine

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Randazzo, V.; Ferretti, J.; Pasero, E. Anytime ECG Monitoring through the Use of a Low-Cost, User-Friendly, Wearable Device. Sensors 2021, 21, 6036. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21186036

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Randazzo V, Ferretti J, Pasero E. Anytime ECG Monitoring through the Use of a Low-Cost, User-Friendly, Wearable Device. Sensors. 2021; 21(18):6036. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21186036

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Randazzo, Vincenzo, Jacopo Ferretti, and Eros Pasero. 2021. "Anytime ECG Monitoring through the Use of a Low-Cost, User-Friendly, Wearable Device" Sensors 21, no. 18: 6036. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21186036

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Randazzo, V., Ferretti, J., & Pasero, E. (2021). Anytime ECG Monitoring through the Use of a Low-Cost, User-Friendly, Wearable Device. Sensors, 21(18), 6036. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21186036

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