New application to check the heart helps prevent stroke

Arrhythmia, abnormal atrial fibrillation can lead to stroke, severe thrombosis and heart failure if not controlled promptly. Unless the electrocardiogram is measured, it is difficult to determine. So recently a new application has helped improve this situation.

Earlier, in a 2011 study, scientists from Finland's Turku University teamed up with colleagues at Turku University Hospital, to see if a small accelerometer could be used to transmit Does the small movements of the chest relate to atrial fibrillation? As a result, this machine can do it, from which scientists want to take another step to see if the accelerator can integrate with smartphones.

So, a research group led by Tero researcher Koivisto recently created a phone integration application and it only needs to be placed on the patient's chest, where it detects and analyzes micromovement (pulse transfer). small movements) caused by abnormal heart rhythms of patients. In a study of more than 300 patients from the hospital, half of them had atrial fibrillation, which was 96% accurate.

The application is currently under development for trade, undertaken by spinoff company Precordior Limited. The ultimate goal is that patients can use the app to check their health.

A recent article about research has been published in Circulation Journal.

In addition, scientists from China University - Hong Kong have also developed an application to detect atrial fibrillation, although it uses the phone's camera to analyze subtle facial changes. of the patient, is also an indicator related to their heart rate.