KardiaMobile 6-Lead Personal EKG Monitor – Six Views of The Heart – Detects

8 reviews for KardiaMobile 6-Lead Personal EKG Monitor – Six Views of The Heart – Detects

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   Jason Bourne – 3 December 2024

   Works great with no extra costs – and help with which model to get.
   Okay with more than 15 thousand reviews, I’m probably the only person that will read this… but I just had to review it. I was really on the fence about which model to get – the new card, the old single line, or this 6L.The bottom line is this – the 6L gives lots more information than either of the other two, for only about 20 bucks more. It still does single lead readings if you want, but you have the option of doing 6 lead readings, too.Nothing moves on it, the device ‘wakes up’ when you put your left and right fingers or thumbs on the contacts. That connects the circuit, and fires it up. Nothing on the device lets you know it’s awake, but the app does.The app is the same for all of them. It will nag you to purchase a Kardia membership, but I figured three out of 6 possible arrhythmias were good enough… and actually, there’s a 4th. That’s when everything is normal, and it gives you a “Normal Sinus Rhythm”.I like that the device is Bluetooth enabled, so my data’s not going out over WiFi… like the single line version. And what happens when you don’t have WiFi available? You’re sunk, that’s what. The card style is Bluetooth, but you can’t change the battery. This 6L model you can change the battery (CR2016), it doesn’t need WiFi, and it gives a ton more info. Yep, the choice was obvious for me.I had zero trouble setting up. The easy to understand quick start guide said to download the Kardia app, which I did. I turned on my Bluetooth. I launched the app and tapped “Create Account”. When finished, I opened the app and tapped “Record your first EKG”. I put the device on my left knee, and both my thumbs on it. The app showed it initializing, and then started counting down 30 seconds. Done. “Normal Sinus Rhythm” was displayed, along with my EKG tape. No problem using on my wife, either.I love this thing, and I’m so glad I got it. I should never have to pay another dime to Kardia mobile, but I always have the option to, if I want any more of their many services.Hope this helps.

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   George Dawson – 3 December 2024

   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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   Stephanie Cook – 3 December 2024

   Great purchase!!
   I have POTS and this is an incredible resource to help understand my tachycardic/bradycardia or aFib events. I love the educational features that help me communicate with my cardiac specialist on their level of understanding. Highly recommend. Easy set up, started working immediately. So pleased!!!

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   DEBORA LINS SOARES MACEDO – 3 December 2024

   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 – 3 December 2024

   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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   Yiannis – 3 December 2024

   While one lead devices provide rhythm information, the extra lead gives some extra valuable insight to where the rythm is originating. I am not sure about the full ECG biew as it is extrapolated but I would not expect to replace an ECG machine with this. The key thing is that you can detect the P waves for those that have problems such as atrial flutter or similar.I was a bit puzzled in the beginning but the device works perfectly well without a subscription.It is very easy to use and if you have e problems a tiny bit moist at the skin contact points can make any difficulties go.I am not sure about the automatic diagnosis. I am a doctor with baseline ECG traning so for me it is enough. It usually gets the sinus rhythm right but it misses a bigeminy that lasted 15 seconds and it had some hard boundaries about what it considered tachy/bradycardia.I am very happy with the purchase a d I would definitely recommend this over the single lead version.

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   Fernando Berroeta – 3 December 2024

   Me ha gustado la facilidad con la que puedes ver el electrocardiograma. Además tiene gran calidad de registro. Se puede enviar el ECG por WhatsApp y por correo electrónico.

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   O.E. – 3 December 2024

   Ich habe mir den AliveCor Kardia Mobile 6L EKG-Monitor gekauft und bin absolut begeistert. Das Gerät ist Smartphone-kompatibel und ermöglicht 6-Messungen, die äußerst präzise und zuverlässig sind.Ich bin besonders zufrieden damit, dass das EKG meine doppelten Herzschläge (Extrasystolen) problemlos erkennt. Die Genauigkeit der Messungen gibt mir ein hohes Maß an Vertrauen in die Ergebnisse. Es ist beruhigend zu wissen, dass ich meine Herzgesundheit so einfach und bequem im Auge behalten kann.Die Anwendung des KardiaMobile 6L ist sehr einfach und benutzerfreundlich. Das Gerät lässt sich problemlos mit meinem Smartphone verbinden und die EKG-Aufzeichnungen werden direkt in der App gespeichert. Die Darstellung der Daten ist klar und verständlich, was die Analyse meiner Herzaktivitäten erleichtert.Ein weiterer großer Vorteil ist die Portabilität des Geräts. Es ist kompakt und leicht, sodass ich es überallhin mitnehmen kann. Dadurch bin ich in der Lage, jederzeit und überall ein EKG durchzuführen, was mir zusätzliche Sicherheit gibt.Alles in allem bin sehr zufrieden. Es ist ein zuverlässiges, genaues und einfach zu bedienendes Gerät, das mir hilft, meine Herzgesundheit besser zu überwachen. Ich kann es jedem empfehlen, der nach einem praktischen und effektiven EKG-Monitor für den persönlichen Gebrauch sucht.