Wearable Devices in Cardiovascular Medicine

Wearable devices, such as smartwatches and activity trackers, are commonly used by patients in their everyday lives to manage their health and well-being. These devices collect and analyze long-term continuous data on measures of behavioral or physiologic function, which may provide clinicians with a more comprehensive view of a patients' health compared with the traditional sporadic measures captured by office visits and hospitalizations. Wearable devices have a wide range of potential clinical applications ranging from arrhythmia screening of high-risk individuals to remote management of chronic conditions such as heart failure or peripheral artery disease. As the use of wearable devices continues to grow,…

• UD
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• AH
  American Heart Association
• NI
  National Institutes of Health
• NH
  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

  Awards: HL158941, R61 HL158941
• NI
  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

  Award: R01 DK124845