As people's quality of life improves, the development of cardiovascular diseases tends to be younger, and the incidence of heart disease and the chance of death are increasing, which has seriously threatened human life and health.
ECG monitoring is one of the most commonly used tests for cardiovascular diseases, and is mainly used to screen and diagnose patients with suspected arrhythmia-related symptoms. Compared to the bulky and cumbersome hospital ECG machines, ECG monitors can be carried around and can monitor the individual's heart anytime, anywhere, with the advantages of simple operation and timely detection. However, many people are currently skeptical about the safety and reliability of ECG monitors, so let's **** with them today.
The ECG monitor is divided into cell phone type ECG monitor, wearable ECG monitor, medical intelligent equipment and cell phone APP connection remote ECG monitor, etc., generally including portable ECG acquisition equipment, proximity wireless communication network and personal mobile intelligent terminal. Among them, the portable ECG acquisition device can be made in the form of a patch, integrated in a cell phone or connected to a personal mobile smart terminal through a wire. The ECG monitor basically comes with a simple ECG anomaly diagnosis algorithm, which can roughly extract ECG waveform features, and real-time monitoring, automatic analysis, and in special cases, the ECG data can also be uploaded to the medical cloud, and handed over to the back-end professional physicians for evaluation, so as to achieve the purpose of ECG anomaly prediction, diagnosis, and so on.
So, will the ECG monitor bring electromagnetic hazards and cause damage to our heart and body? The answer is no. ECG monitors do not have to work strictly attached to the heart, can be distributed in other body parts, which can be further amplified and recorded after receiving the distribution of the weak heart current on the body surface. Currently, ECG monitors are developing in the direction of miniaturization, low power consumption, comfort and senselessness, and can use rechargeable batteries, No. 5 or No. 7 batteries, etc., in terms of energy supply, with very low power and energy, and the leakage current in the process of collection is far less than the national standard of 100uA, so it will not bring about any damage. And its data transmission generally use Bluetooth, WIFI and other modes, bringing electromagnetic radiation are in the safe and controllable range.
This article was written by Xiao Hongyan, Deputy Chief Physician of Critical Care Medicine at Asian Heart Hospital in Wuhan.