title: Interrogation of Patient Smartphone Activity Tracker to Assist Arrhythmia Management.
abstract: A 42-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation of unknown duration. Interrogation of the patient's wrist-worn activity tracker and smartphone application identified the onset of the arrhythmia as within the previous 3 hours, permitting electrocardioversion and discharge of the patient from the ED.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rudner
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, Camden, NJ.
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McDougall
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, Camden, NJ.
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sailam
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, Camden, NJ.
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, Camden, NJ. Electronic address: sacchetti1011@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sacchetti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D000072936:Fitness Trackers; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D063731:Mobile Applications; D000068997:Smartphone; D013997:Time Factors