He is pretty excited about this new crop of wearables that can provide more heart health-related information. Kumar is planning to upgrade soon to a wearables that can read electrocardiogram (ECG) and blood pressure. Modern day smartwatches and fitness bands have now also begun keeping a tab on how your heart is functioning with the help of in-built sensors or electrodes. US-based medical device company, AliveCor, also has announced a smartwatch with six lead ECG reader. The front sensor uses ECG electrodes while the back sensors use photoplethysmograph (PPG) electrodes to measure the pulse wave transit time (PWTT).

Source: Mint September 20, 2018 14:48 UTC