cardiology apps

ECG Notes, a helpful cardiology medical app for the Blackberry

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A review of the ECG Notes by SkyScape for the Blackberry platform.

M’obiSante mobile ultrasound live demonstration at the mHealth Summit, update on Android support #mHS11

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Live demonstration of the MobiUS device from Nikhil George, chief engineer at Mobisante. We also get an update on their plans to move to Android.

Pharma giant, Sanofi-Aventis, creates useful medical app for educating patients on heart arrhythmia

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Review of Sanofi-Aventis’s AFib Educator App that helps healthcare providers explain atrial fibrillation to patients and families

Going from a need to an app – an interview with the creators of ACS Trials

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iMedApps conducts an exclusive interview with the physician-creators of the new ACS Trials App for the iPhone/iPad

St. Jude may be exploring smartphone integration with its remote cardiac monitoring system

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Remote monitoring systems integrating implanted cardiac devices, like St. Jude’s Merlin.net, have a lot of potential for integration with mobile devices.

Continuous heart rate monitor integrated into headphones to be unveiled at CTIA conference

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Much of what patient’s are asked to do, healthcare providers would have a tough time doing themselves. One reason that many of these tasks – from blood glucose monitoring to a low fat diet – are so hard is that they are generally inconvenient and unpleasant. However, as healthcare continues its move to mobile, one hope is that we can integrate many of these tasks into our patient’s daily routine. A new cardiac monitor, set to be unveiled at the [Read more]

New kit attempts to transfer low cost mobile phones into high tech stethoscopes for low resource areas

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A simple kit developed by Oxford University and the University of Cape Town turns a low cost mobile phone, not a smartphone, into an advanced stethoscope.

Recent study describes a smartphone based alert system that could save lives in cardiac arrests

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A study describes a smartphone based alert system to help alert volunteers to nearby cardiac arrests, speeding initiation of CPR and defibrillation when seconds count.

The Arrhythmias App Provides a Brief Introduction to Cardiac Arrhythmias

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The arrhythmias app provides a concise review of key cardiac rhythm strips, but might be too abridged for residents and physicians.

CathSource app brings cardiac catheterization to life with videos and images on the iPhone & iPad

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CathSource is an innovative iPhone & iPad medical app that gives an in-depth understanding of cardiology catheterization with a plethora of videos and images. The app could be useful for patient education as well.

QxMD’s A-Fib Reference App: Master the management of Atrial Fibrillation

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While often asymptomatic, A-Fib can lead to palpitations, chest pain, syncope, heart failure, and even stroke. Managing A-Fib can be complicated and challenging for clinicians. Fortunately, there’s an app for that. Here we review the QxMD AF Guide, an Atrial Fibrillation Reference for physicians, available for the iPhone.

Virtual Cath Lab app is a great example of how simulation apps can improve medical training

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Designed to help budding cardiologists learn to correlate 2D black and white fluoroscopy images to the underlying anatomy, this app represents a new modality of medical teaching.