Atrial fibrillation monitoring

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Atrial fibrillation monitoring

I have recently had open-heart surgery for a new aortic valve, and have an ongoing issue with intermittent atrial fibrillation. On recommendation of both of my cardiologists, I bought an Apple Watch Series 6 so I can be alerted when this is occurring, particularly so I can sit down if walking, etc.

As I am trying to set this up, a question comes up: have you been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation. If I check “yes,” I’m told I can’t use this feature.

So I could just lie to the app, or return the Watch. The ECG is a useful feature, but isn’t constantly monitoring.

Is there a workaround? (And yes, I live in the USA.)

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Posted on Nov 24, 2020 3:46 PM

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Dah•veed

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Nov 24, 2020 3:52 PM in response to ckuttner

I would ask your cardiologist what s/he thinks that you should do. You obviously will have to say no to the question to use that feature, so it is important to know what s/he thinks.

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ckuttner Author

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Nov 24, 2020 4:37 PM in response to Dah•veed

Thank you....I do know my cardiologists (one he, one she) want me to monitor the a-fib. Now I have to figure out how to get into that question again. Not finding that in Watch or Health app. Can’t even find where EKGs are stored. Long-term Apple fan, but this is frustrating!

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ckuttner Author

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Nov 24, 2020 5:28 PM in response to ckuttner

OK....enough griping on my part. I found the setting, I’ll continue cheating as though I had not been diagnosed with a-fib. [I guess that’s a fib. <sorrry>]

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