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Anyone have an Apple Watch (ecg function)

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DancingQeeeen · 27/07/2021 09:53

I've had one for a few months and every so often will use the ecg function which has always been normal (left hand). Yesterday I put it on my right hand and the ecg was the going the wrong way, as if they were inverted. Anyone else had this. It has started to worry me a little.

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Frankie4me · 27/07/2021 10:02

Did you change the hand setting to say which arm you wear the watch on? From the instructions, it seems to be important. support.apple.com/en-us/HT208955

AlternativePerspective · 27/07/2021 10:13

As above, you need to change the hand setting.
But, why do you feel the need to use the ecg? I am under the transplant team at papworth and the cardiologist was saying that more harm than good is being done by this ECG function existing, because non medically trained people can’t read them so panic needlessly, added to which it’s just a 1 lead, so by no means gives any kind of accurate reflection.

From personal experience even the indicator of atrial Fibrilation or not isn’t incredibly accurate. I did an experiment with my DP’s and it told me that I wasn’t in AF, despite the fact that I was diagnosed with it 4 years ago, and I could feel the arhythmia at the time I was doing the ECG.

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