![]() The SonoHealth app is free but getting it registered was a problem. ![]() The software appears to lack appropriate filtering. However, the recordings are typically very noisy and full of artifact making it hard to discern the rhythm. It is possible to made a decent single lead ECG tracing with this device and view the tracing on the associated smartphone app. This very happy model gives you a feel for the size of the device and the method of making a Lead I recording. To make a recording one puts the metal strip on the left side of the device on hand, arm or leg and the other metal strip on the right side of the device on an opposing limb or the chest. In addition they included a carrying case and a tube of ECG gel. After spending some time with it I can say unequivocally that it should not be purchased or utilized by any patient who wants reliable personal mobile ECG monitoring with accurate diagnoses.Ī few days later a package arrived containing the EKGraph in an Applesque box which also contiained a USB charging cable. I emailed SonoHealth and they were kind enough to send me one of their ECG devices to demo. Unlike the Kardia, the EKGraph does have a “bright LCD screen” which displays the ECG wave pattern and heart rate along with the heart rhythm diagnosis. The EKGraph claims to have 3 lead capability, something it emphasizes in its marketing but it is only capable of displaying one lead at a time and, similar to Kardia one can obtain lead II and precordial ECG leads by putting one electrode on the leg or chest.Īlso similar to Kardia, the EKGraph promises “rhythm detection.” As we shall learn, however, rhythm detection by the EKGraph cannot be trusted whereas Kardia has a wealth of published data supporting its accuracy. ![]() Like the Kardia the EKGraph offers a personal ECG monitor obtained using the fingertips and syncing to an app on your smartphone. The EKGraph would indeed appear to be MUCH MUCH superior to Kardia mobile ECG if the website marketing can be believed. But, as I am on a mission to discover the truth in all things cardiologic I went to the SonoHealth website and encountered this: To emphasize theirs points the less I tend to believe them. Really? MUCH MUCH superior? The more someone utilizes all caps I recently started using a SonoHealth product that I find MUCH MUCH superior to Kardia. Patients who suffer from heart disease, are recovering from bypass treatment or simply feel they are at risk are now in a position to measure their heart activity.The skeptical cardiologist keeps his eyes open for new, potentially improved ways of personal mobile ECG monitoring and when I saw the following comments on an afib forum I was intrigued: ![]() The company has also developed a system called "double transmission monitoring," which allows the control center to direct the operation of the electrocardiograph and the transmission and download of data by remote control while medical staff talk to the patient. The unit is automatically connected via digital cell phone to a dedicated medical control center. The machine is so small that readings can be taken anywhere, even while traveling. Automatic digital transmission allows the electrocardiograph, or ECG, results to be transmitted at the highest quality available and at a high speed to the patient's cardiologist for instant diagnosis. Twelve electrodes are attached to the patient’s chest and upper body and the battery-powered unit is strapped on the front of the chest. The manufacturer, SHL, says its machine can dramatically reduce deaths from heart attacks through early diagnosis of patients who might otherwise hesitate before calling a doctor or rushing to a hospital to be monitored. The CardioSen'C is considered an advance in portable heart-monitoring devices because it uses many more electrodes to measure heart activity and is equipped to communicate the results instantaneously to a cardiologist. MaIsraeli scientists have developed a portable electrocardiograph machine that can transmit highly detailed data on heart activity to physicians by mobile phone. ![]()
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