Smartphone App Detects Atrial Fibrillation Without Additional Devices

Finnish researchers at the University of Turku and the Heart Centre of the Turku University Hospital managed to use the accelerometers built into most smartphones to detect atrial fibrillation (Afib), an often serious but sometimes difficult to detect arrhythmia. The technology has been dubbed as gyrocardiography and it may rival electrocardiograp (Read more...)

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