John Lorscheider lives in Southeast Wisconsin and he and his wife and are now retired. He was in sales, engineering and and senior management for industrial pumps and fluid process equipment for various manufacturers for 40 years. FDA-cleared and doctor recommended: The most clinically validated 6-lead personal ECG, CE marked and FDA-cleared to detect Atrial Fibrillation (AFib), Bradycardia, and Tachycardia. Additional determinations: Sinus Rhythms with supraventricular ectopy, Sinus rhythm with Premature ventricular contractions, and Sinus Rhythm with wide QRS, Sinus Rhythm with Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVCs). I get a few of these and they seem quite benign. You get a host of added features with a membership, but some are useful and some are not. https://store.alivecor.com/products/kardiacare

Cutting out alcohol certainly helps reduce the incidence of PVCs, and may help in the eternal battle of the bulge. What six leads does it record? The KardiaMobile 6L displays and records Lead I, Lead II, Lead III, aVR, aVL and aVF ECG in real time to your phone or tablet. ECGs are stored in the app which at the end of the recording displays the ECG trace, heart rate and classifies the recording into 1 of the following categories. A rapidly dropping pulse oximeter reading while I was in the ED waiting room was an indication that clots were taking place at that time, and getting worse by the hour.

Accurate EKG results in seconds

The single lead device must be positioned with 1-2” of the phone’s microphone to make a recording. Any further away it will not connect with the phone. Capture a medical-grade EKG with your Kardia device anytime, anywhere—no patches, wires, or gels required. Get an immediate result from Kardia's Instant Analysis of normal, possible atrial fibrillation, bradycardia, or tachycardia. For additional analysis, you can choose to send the recording to your physician or to one of our partners for a Clinician Review by a cardiologist (US, Australia only) or cardiac care physiologist (UK, Ireland only). BTW I have found the Kardia a great reassurance after 6 days in the ICU. I had my Astra Zeneca COVID vaccination 5 weeks ago, which prompted severe migraines for a week. 9 days later I went to the ED, advising them I likely had blood clots after my COVID jab. Massive clot in one leg stretching from ankle to groin, with a number of clots in my chest, affecting my heart. Now home on blood thinners and crutches, and very reassured heart is good according to Kardia.

He has also written for and moderated several web medical forums in his spare time. His leisure time is spent between cycling, running, traveling, cooking, enjoying family and friends, listening to music, along with reading and finding the many biases and flaws in medical trials. The KardiaMobile ECG has two electrodes on top and one on the bottom. To record a 6 lead ECG place your fingers on the two top electrodes then touch the third bottom electrode to the skin of your left ankle or leg. It's that easy.

Take a six-lead EKG anytime, anywhere

https://www.heart.org/en/news/2018/09/12/new-watch-can-help-doctors-monitor-your-heart-in-real-time Even though the clinical Gold-standard for electrocardiograms requires 12 leads, 6 leads have been deemed sufficient for certain clinical and research applications. The KardiaMobile 6L from AliveCor produces a medical grade 6 lead ECG recording that gives you and your Doctor a more complete view of your heart using a free iOS and Android App. It's the first and only FDA cleared and CE-marked six lead personal ECG that will automatically detect Atrial Fibrillation anytime, anywhere on your smartphone or tablet. Please note that the Apple Watch 6 may erroneously report a normal Oxygen percentage if the patient is anemic, while a hospital grade pulse oximeter will compensate for the anemia, and report the correct lower value. I am planning to upgrade from AW4 to AW6 for this pulse ox feature – my frequent blood tests should mean undetected anemia is highly unlikely, and the AW6 may help monitor my lung and heart function. AliveCor aims at providing information to users when it comes to arrhythmia, for which it is FDA-cleared. The 6-lead ECG report provided can somehow be used for many more diagnostics. With its three stainless-steel electrodes, the device is stylish, light (0.85 ounces), and small (3.54 inches long x 1.11 inches wide x 0.28 inches).