ECG

This channel includes news and new technology innovations ECG, electrocardiogram systems. These systems are also referred to as EKG, or eletrokardiogram from the original German term, where ECG was first developed. The channel includes news on standard diagnostic ECG systems, ECG management systems, defibrillator-monitors, Holter technology, and remote and wearable ECG patient monitoring.

The trends of an increased interest in RPM and potential cost savings have inspired companies to participate in this slowly evolving paradigm shift and improve technology

Feature | Patient Monitors | By Amit Shah, MD, MSCR

Use and Benefits of RPM in a Clinical Setting

I work at Emory University in a multidisciplinary group that is employing medical technologies to improve our ...

May 05, 2022

News | Wearables

Mayo Researchers Use AI to Detect Weak Heart Pump via Patients’ Apple Watch ECGs

May 4, 2022 – Single-lead ECG tracings from an Apple Watch interpreted by an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm ...

May 04, 2022

News | ECG

Biotricity to Launch Commercial Sales of Cardiac Monitoring Device Biotres

April 12, 2022 – Biotricity, a medical diagnostic and consumer healthcare technology company, will officially launch the ...

April 12, 2022

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While the current positive revolution in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) practice has been made possible by the wealth of technological advancements, bringing the necessary tools together in a streamlined workflow has remained a challenge for clinicians

Case Study | Baylor Scott and White Heart Hospital

Contemporary PCI: Utilizing State-of-the-Art Technology to Achieve the Best Outcomes

While the current positive revolution in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) practice has been made possible by the ...

May 05, 2023

GE Healthcare and AliveCor have announced a partnership to deliver medical-grade six-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) taken by patients on an AliveCor KardiaMobile 6L ECG device outside of the hospital setting – at home or on the go – directly into GE Healthcare’s MUSE Cardiac Management System for physicians to view and evaluate.

News | ECG

GE Healthcare and AliveCor Integrate Data from ECGs Into Clinical Workflow

April 4, 2022 – GE Healthcare and AliveCor have announced a partnership to deliver medical-grade six-lead electrocardiog ...

April 04, 2022

The poster titled “Short term prediction of Atrial Fibrillation from ambulatory ECG using deep learning” presents results of a clinical study demonstrating that Cardiologs’ AI algorithm can predict the short-term risk of atrial fibrillation (AFib) based on single-lead Ambulatory electrocardiograms (ECGs) that show normal sinus rhythm.

News | Atrial Fibrillation

Cardiologs Announces Poster Presentation at ACC 2022

April 1, 2022 — Cardiologs announced a poster presentation at the 2022 American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting in ...

April 01, 2022

Investigators from Cedars-Sinai have created an artificial intelligence-enabled tool that may make it easier to predict if a person will have a heart attack.

News | CT Angiography (CTA)

Artificial Intelligence Tool May Help Predict Heart Attacks

March 31, 2022 – Investigators from Cedars-Sinai have created an artificial intelligence-enabled tool that may make it ...

March 31, 2022

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Blog | ECG

BLOG: Rethinking Traditional ECG Outsourcing

Technology-enabled “Insourcing” approach to cardiac arrhythmia diagnosis provides patient and provider benefits The ...

September 19, 2022

Point-of-care screening for atrial fibrillation (A-fib) using a new generation of handheld electrocardiogram (ECG) devices increased the rate of diagnosis in patients 85 and older, but failed to show similar results in those 65 and older, a study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has found.

News | Atrial Fibrillation

Handheld Devices for A-fib Screening May be Most Effective in the Oldest Adults During Primary Care Visits

March 9, 2022 – Point-of-care screening for atrial fibrillation (A-fib) using a new generation of handheld electrocardio ...

March 09, 2022

MediLynx Cardiac Monitoring, LLC (dba MediLynx Arrhythmia Diagnostics), a national remote monitoring provider and technology leader in deep learning artificial intelligence, has announced a partnership with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)/National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network (CTSN) to participate in a multicenter randomized clinical trial substudy of its PocketECG technology.

News | ECG

MediLynx Partners with NHLBI & NIH on Study of Efficacy of Mobile Cardiac Monitoring for Patients

February 14, 2022 – MediLynx Cardiac Monitoring, LLC (dba MediLynx Arrhythmia Diagnostics), a national remote monitoring ...

February 14, 2022

Philips, a global leader in health technology, announced the introduction of the industry’s first full-service, at-home, 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) solution for use in decentralized clinical trials.

News | ECG

Philips Introduces First At-Home, 12-Lead ECG Integrated Solution for Decentralized Clinical Trials

February 11, 2022 – Philips, a global leader in health technology, announced the introduction of the industry’s first ...

February 11, 2022

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Several wearable, less-obtrusive ECG monitors fhave been cleared by the FDA for longer wear. This example is Cardiac Insight’s Cardea SOLO device.

Blog | ECG

BLOG: Moving Beyond Holter ECG: The Rise in Next Generation Technology

When the patients of Michael Boler, M.D. need cardiac monitoring, the Holter monitor is no longer his first choice. “The ...

August 24, 2022

AI for Atrial Fibrillation. BioSig Technologies Inc., a medical technology company commercializing an innovative biomedical signal processing platform designed to improve signal fidelity and uncover the full range of ECG and intra-cardiac signals, today announced that the company entered into a feasibility study with The Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd.

News | EP Lab

BioSig Initiates AI Development With Technion to Uncover the Full Range of ECG and Intra-Cardiac Electrical Signals

November 22, 2021 — BioSig Technologies Inc., a medical technology company commercializing an innovative biomedical ...

November 22, 2021

News | EP Lab

FDA Clears vMap Technology to Identify Arrhythmia Hot Spots Using Only ECG

November 15, 2021 — Vektor Medical Inc. announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its ...

November 15, 2021

The Cardiologs AI-enabled software being used to remotely monitor a cardiac patient. #Telecardiology, cardiac telehealth

News | Remote Monitoring

Philips Expand Cardiac Diagnostics and Monitoring Portfolio With Cardiologs Acquisition

November 20, 2021 – Philips announced it signed an agreement to acquire Cardiologs, a France-based medical technology ...

November 09, 2021

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OTC ECG devices can help detect abnormal heart rhythms in the general population, and this technology will continue to improve.

Blog | ECG

BLOG: A Double-Edged Sword: How Over-the-Counter ECG Devices are Impacting Cardiac Care

Apple created a stir when it announced in 2018 that its Apple Watch Series 4 was the first consumer health and fitness ...

August 24, 2022

The Vagus Breathe ECG app for the Apple Watch is the first test to measure the exact breathing flow with an electrocardiogram (ECG) recording. It uses a 30-second breathing test for wearable device. It is being used to monitor long-COVID patients.

News | Wearables

Apple Watch Adds New Breathing Test Based on ECG Analysis

November 1, 2021 — Health AI company Vagus.co, based in Cambridge, U.K., has launched a 30-second breathing test for ...

November 01, 2021

A team at the University of South Australia designed a computer vision system that can automatically detect a baby’s face in a hospital bed and remotely monitor its vital signs from a digital camera with the same accuracy as a traditional ECG machine.

News | ECG

Noncontact ECG Monitoring a Step Closer for Neonatal Wards

September 1, 2021 — University of South Australia researchers have designed a computer vision system that can ...

September 01, 2021

The devices compared in the study were the Bardy Carnation Ambulatory Monitor long-term continuous ECG system (left) and the BioGuardian MCT cardiac event monitor (right). #HRS21 #HRS2021 #HeartRhythm21

News | EP Lab

Human ECG Monitoring Outperforms AI Dependent Remote Cardiac Monitoring

July 29, 2021 – Results from a new clinical trial found human-oversight dependent continuous electrocardiography (ECG) ...

July 29, 2021