Application of the Alivecor KardiaMobile smartphone modulated ECG device for use in horses

dc.contributor.authorPiketh, Graeme
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, A.
dc.contributor.authorSchliewert, Eva-Christina
dc.contributor.emailgraeme.piketh@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-14T11:03:20Z
dc.date.available2024-08-14T11:03:20Z
dc.date.issued2023-02
dc.description.abstractElectrocardiography is the method used to monitor the electrical impulses in the heart. These diagnostics are increasingly making use of smartphone-based technologies. The objective of this research was to determine whether the Alivecor KardiaMobile (ECGAKM) smartphone-modulated electrocardiographic device, a novel ECG device, can be used to obtain reliable electrocardiogram (ECG) readings in horses. The device was initially tested in 36 Nooitgedacht pony mares to determine the best site of application, method of skin preparation, and ECGAKM device orientation for reliable ECG tracings. Once the most reliable site for ECG acquisition was determined, the device was then applied, in this manner, to 31 Nooitgedacht pony mares and compared with a standard telemetric ECG system (ECGTV). The ECGAKM device was best applied in the fourth intercostal space on the left hemithorax in a vertical orientation and with the skin dampened with 70% ethanol. Mean values determined for RR and QT intervals between the ECGAKM and ECGTV were not significantly different, however, mean values for the duration of the QRS complexes were significantly different for the two devices. There is acceptable agreement between the ECGTV and ECGAKM devices with regards to the measurement of the PQ; RR and QT intervals but not the QRS duration. The automatically calculated heart rate is not an accurate measure of true heart rate. The Alivecor KardiaMobile (ECGAKM) device can be considered as a simplified screening ECG device in situations where the more standardised system is either unavailable or impractical, but has some limitations.en_US
dc.description.departmentCompanion Animal Clinical Studiesen_US
dc.description.librarianam2024en_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-03:Good heatlh and well-beingen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructureen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Agricultural Sector Education Training Authority (AgriSeta) in conjunction with Borbely Trading CC (Technopet).en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.jsava.co.zaen_US
dc.identifier.citationPiketh,G., Williams, A., Schliewert, E.C. 2023, 'Application of the Alivecor KardiaMobile smartphone modulated ECG device for use in horses', Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, vol. 94, no. 1, pp. 70-77. https://DOI.org/10.36303/JSAVA.540.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2224-9435 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1019-9128 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.36303/JSAVA.540
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/97629
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMedPharm Publicationsen_US
dc.rights© 2023 The Author(s). Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License [CC BY-NC 3.0]en_US
dc.subjectSmartphoneen_US
dc.subjectElectrocardiographyen_US
dc.subjectAlivecor KardiaMobileen_US
dc.subjectIntercostalen_US
dc.subjectTracing waveformen_US
dc.subjectBland–Altmanen_US
dc.subjectHorse (Equus caballus)en_US
dc.subjectElectrocardiogram (ECG)en_US
dc.subjectSDG-03: Good health and well-beingen_US
dc.subjectSDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructureen_US
dc.titleApplication of the Alivecor KardiaMobile smartphone modulated ECG device for use in horsesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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