KardiaMobile 6-Lead Personal EKG Monitor – Six Views of The Heart – Detects AFib and Irregular Arrhythmias – Instant Results in 30 Seconds – Works with Most Smartphones – FSA/HSA Eligible – For Sale – Price

7 reviews for KardiaMobile 6-Lead Personal EKG Monitor – Six Views of The Heart – Detects AFib and Irregular Arrhythmias – Instant Results in 30 Seconds – Works with Most Smartphones – FSA/HSA Eligible – For Sale – Price

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   George Dawson – 26 February 2025

   Beats existing devices…by a mile.
   I have an Apple Watch, 2 automatic blood pressure devices that record heart rate, and an oximeter that measures both oxygen concentrations and pulse. I need to know if I am in atrial fibrillation and more importantly – what the ventricular rate is. I had a recent cardiac procedure and for the first time realized that the watch and the blood pressure devices may have been measuring the atrial rate rather than the ventricular rate. The first sign I had of that was my palpable carotid pulse and the oximeter pulse were about half as much as what the watch and BP devices were measuring.The difference between atrial and ventricular rates on a regular 12-lead ECG are obvious. When I heard that Kardia had a 6-lead ECG that was inexpensive and easy to use at home – I decided to try it.The credit card sized device is easy to use. It does take some practice to record smooth wave forms but that is no different than the Apple Watch. 30 second ECGs are recorded and easily converted to PDFs that can immediately be emailed to your doctor or clinic. I was recording and emailing them within 10 minutes of opening the box. I have included an image of an ECG tracing I made on September 15, 2023 showing normal sinus rhythm.The only downsides I have noted so far are minor and they include:1: Extra services are for sale including additional algorithms for ECG interpretation. I can read ECGs so I did not consider that to be a big issue. It might be for a person who wants more than the very basic readings that do include atrial fibrillation. You can also consult with a Cardiologist through this app for a fee.2: Deleting ECGs – the app gives you the choice to accept or rerecord ECGs during the initial save step. If you do save – there is no way that I can figure out to delete the files. It is easy to rapidly accumulate a large file of ECGs and I have not figured out how much memory these files are using. There are online instructions on how to delete the files but they do not appear to work for this specific device.3: Getting used to doing the recording – to do the 6 lead ECG you needs to hold the device between the finger and thumb of your right and left hands and against the knee or ankle area of your left leg. If you waver too drastically the recording is rejected and you have to try again.A 6-lead ECG doesn’t have chest leads – all of that information is not there. Regular 12-lead machine run by a tech is less likely to have significant artifacts so signal to noise is greater with a 12-lead ECG. Bundled into the cost of the 12 lead is a more extensive algorithm and a cardiologist read of the tracing. It is also important to remember that the ECG contains a lot of information and expertise interpreting it. In my opinion it is best to use it in collaboration with a physician who is following a known problem or suspects a problem rather than to think that it can be used as an independent diagnostic tool.All things considered this is a very innovative, practical, and easy to use device that produced superior recordings at home that can be used by your personal physicians.

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   GMak – 26 February 2025

   Clinical-use EKGs. Get the 6-lead – there’s no good reason to get the single lead.
   Clinical-use EKGs. Get the 6-lead, there’s no good reason to get the single lead. Having a 6 lead is an order of magnitude better than just a single lead. If you have any cardiac issues, get this! No debate. Nothing to think about.It’s a fantastic, easy-to-use, reliable and CLINICALLY ACCEPTED 6 lead EKG and a very inexpensive price. The battery lasts around a year or more and is easily replaced. It’s the CR2016 (same size as the CR2036 but thinner, and may not be as easily found in stores as the more common CR2036 so best to order some online and keep them as back up. The store for like 10 years…)You upload Kardia software to your iPhone/Android and it syncs easily with the device. There’s a section for “notes” which you can use the phone’s dictation option to dictate notes.Better: buy two. Keep one at home in the medicine cabinet or wherever you store items for quick access, and another for your purse/pocket for when you’re traveling or out and about.I’ve been in the clinical medical device industry for 40 years- this is a great product, that works well, and delivers clinically-valid results to your doctor; it is inexpensive and well made. No reason not to have one if you are dealing with any and all cardiac issues.You don’t have to sign up for their service if you have your own cardiologist or GP. The software works with or without a “subscription” (which is really only about having access to a cardiologist who will “read” you EKG and give you a determination.) The software will make a “possible xxx” diagnosis for you. The main point is that you shouldn’t be buying this “for the heck of it” or to “see if I’ve got anything.” If you suspect you are having cardiac issues, you should already have gotten you derrière to a doctor, preferably a cardiologist.If you already have consulted with your physician/cardiologist, then you already know – or suspect – what’s going on, and you would be following your cardiologists advice from here on out and this is merely gathering additional data for further clinical analysis/study. In either case, the Kardia-generated “possible diagnosis” should confirm what you and your cardiologist already suspect, or at least provide more data for your clinician to make a more accurate diagnosis.

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   DEBORA LINS SOARES MACEDO – 26 February 2025

   O produto é muito bom, mas o aplicativo não está disponível para o Brasil. Para conseguir usar, tive que acessar a conta Google do meu irmão que mora em Portugal para baixar o app no celular. Ele funciona muito bem e faz o ECG em 6 derivações.Só não vai ganhar 5 estrelas por essa dificuldade de baixar o app.

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   MFR – 26 February 2025

   I’ve owned a few low cost home EKG devices, and this is by far the best, but there are some drawbacks…Pros:- Device and app are easy to use to take an EKG.- Creates a nice 6-lead reading that can be saved in a PDF and sent to doctors (several have said this is useful and helps).Cons:- Requires a paid subscription if you want it to tell you about more than the most basic results (it will ignore and not tell you certain things unless you pay).- Requires a phone/app to use it.- Not marked for orientation which can be a problem if you don’t use it often and remember (have to remember their company logo and which way is up, which isn’t obvious).- To avoid the paid subscription, you have to go through extra steps to save the results/PDF of each reading.- The paid subscription is a money grab which forces you to buy services you may not need so you can also unlock the full result reporting in the app, which other devices provide as part of the purchase cost.- Very often doesn’t sense/read well so skin almost always has to be moistened in some way (never had this problem with other competing devices).This takes an EKG by holding the device with two hands (thumb/finger holding each side of it) and placing the back of it on your leg just above the knee, and holding for 30 secs. The app is easy to start and indicates if it is reading and the progress. Then shows the results, allows you to add notes, and you can also save/export it as a PDF.The results are very useful and good, though I found we often have to dampen the skin to get good contact and a good reading. The device is small enough to carry with you, and you can also use your ankle instead of your leg/knee for a 6 lead reading, or just your hands for a simpler 2 lead reading (like the lower cost model of this device).I definitely recommend it, and it is great for catching those events that only occasionally happen, so you can them send/show them to the doc. It’s also useful for things like eliminating false worry, or recording things and adding notes, for them to be reviewed by your doctor. I don’t like they way they limit the app function (reporting certain detected conditions) unless you pay a monthly subscription fee to keep in unlocked, but it will report the most basic ones, and if you just send/show this to your doc for review, the subscription isn’t really needed.

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   OBIWAN – 26 February 2025

   Efficace et facile à utiliser, mais ne permet pas pour les médecins de facturer la cotation réservée au système ECG à 12 dérivations

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   riccardo domenichelli – 26 February 2025

   preso per controllare le fibrillazioni. Crea un tracciato realmente utile per un primo esame da parte del medico.Semplicissimo da utilizzare e rapido nel dare il risultato (30 sec o meno a seconda di come lo si imposta)le piccole dimensioni consentono di tenerlo sempre con se, consiglio di acquistare la custodia per proteggere le piastre di contatto, ne ho trovata una con il foro per la piastra posteriore che consente di non estrarlo dalla custodia.Affidabile e preciso

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   Yvan – 26 February 2025

   Matériel pratique pour enregistrer ECG.Recommandé par cardiologue.Utlisation aisée. Peut être utilisé partout.Content de mon achat.