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Smart wearable devices in cardiovascular care: where we are and how to move forward.

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  • 1. Department of Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
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    • Bayoumy K 1
    (1 author)
  • 2. Department of Oncology, National Center for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
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    • Gaber M 2
    (1 author)
  • 3. Department of Medical Education, Weill Cornell Medicine, Doha, Qatar.
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    • Elshafeey A 3
    • Mhaimeed O 3
    • Elshazly MB 3, 5
    (3 authors)
  • 4. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
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    • Dineen EH 4
    (1 author)
  • 5. Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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    • Marvel FA 5
    • Martin SS 5
    • Elshazly MB 3, 5
    (3 authors)
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Nature reviews. Cardiology, 04 Mar 2021, 18(8):581-599
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41569-021-00522-7 PMID: 33664502 PMCID: PMC7931503

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Abstract 

Technological innovations reach deeply into our daily lives and an emerging trend supports the use of commercial smart wearable devices to manage health. In the era of remote, decentralized and increasingly personalized patient care, catalysed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the cardiovascular community must familiarize itself with the wearable technologies on the market and their wide range of clinical applications. In this Review, we highlight the basic engineering principles of common wearable sensors and where they can be error-prone. We also examine the role of these devices in the remote screening and diagnosis of common cardiovascular diseases, such as arrhythmias, and in the management of patients with established cardiovascular conditions, for example, heart failure. To date, challenges such as device accuracy, clinical validity, a lack of standardized regulatory policies and concerns for patient privacy are still hindering the widespread adoption of smart wearable technologies in clinical practice. We present several recommendations to navigate these challenges and propose a simple and practical 'ABCD' guide for clinicians, personalized to their specific practice needs, to accelerate the integration of these devices into the clinical workflow for optimal patient care.

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