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Expert Alert: Smartwatch monitoring can trigger timely questions about irregular heartbeats
August 19, 2023
With an aging population and the growth of outpatient electrocardiographic monitoring enabled by smartwatches and other wearable devices, primary care clinicians will see an increase in patients with premature ventricular contractions (PVCs). PVCs are extra heartbeats that originate from the ventricles, the heart’s lower chambers. A significant percentage of patients who experience PVCs are asymptomatic and the PVCs have little or no clinical implications. However, PVCs can predispose many patients to cardiomyopathy (weakening of the…
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