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I Now Have a Cardiologist

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Re: I Now Have a Cardiologist

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Post by __blockcipher__ »

Waterluvian wrote: post #17

Are there any quality alternatives for literally just monitoring your heart? I don't like the watch but I want that feature pretty badly.

Why not buy the cheapest S4 model for around $400 or so and just only do the ECG? Or are you looking for a less expensive option?

The reason is I would suggest the watch is their ECG is tuned quite well.

Re: I Now Have a Cardiologist

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Post by usaphp »

tasty_freeze wrote: post #15

It is odd to me how he keeps describing his $500/month insurance as being useless: he is generally in excellent health and his yearly expenditures are low enough that he is always paying down the deductible. Does he feel car insurance and home insurance are useless since he didn't total his car last year and his house didn't burn down? He knows this (as he mentions it obliquely) that he could lower his deductible but…

Imagine a regular sized family of 4, you have to shell out more than $20K/year for the most basic health insurance for your family if you are self employed, $20,000! and you still have to pay for EVERY doctor visit for your kids and regular checkups, and your family deductible is around $10-12K. And every year they send you a new increased quote by 10-15%. There should be some kind of a discount for families, like when you have multiple cars under your insurance your rate barely goes up when you add another one.

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Post by atomical »

tasty_freeze wrote: post #15

It is odd to me how he keeps describing his $500/month insurance as being useless: he is generally in excellent health and his yearly expenditures are low enough that he is always paying down the deductible. Does he feel car insurance and home insurance are useless since he didn't total his car last year and his house didn't burn down? He knows this (as he mentions it obliquely) that he could lower his deductible but…

His insurance sucks. We don't need to look at a chart to realize that. I have a low deductible and I pay under $100/mo.

Re: I Now Have a Cardiologist

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Post by [deleted] »

chirau wrote: post #13

If the Apple Watch can be credited for new detections, can we also blame it for non-detections? Just asking... Because if the value prop is that they can detect, then they should have some accountability for non-detected positives, no?

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Post by urda »

chirau wrote: post #13

If the Apple Watch can be credited for new detections, can we also blame it for non-detections? Just asking... Because if the value prop is that they can detect, then they should have some accountability for non-detected positives, no?

When it comes to your heart, you want a false positive rather than a false negative.

This is just basic medical stuff.

Re: I Now Have a Cardiologist

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Post by itissid »

While this is great for Afib detection it's its very rare CDC says 2.7-6 Million people[1]. Still great for those people! I still think we need to do much better. High BP and hypertension is way more important to measure since they can be diagnostic in a larger percentage.

My dad is a triple bypass heart patient. ECG and stress tests did diddly squat to detect it, until it was too late and it was diagnosed by a CT Angiogram. I now get CT Angiogram with contrasts every few years just to be safe because of family history.

[1]https://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/data_statistics/fact_sheets/fs_atr...

Re: I Now Have a Cardiologist

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Post by Waterluvian »

atomical wrote: post #25
Waterluvian wrote: post #17

Are there any quality alternatives for literally just monitoring your heart? I don't like the watch but I want that feature pretty badly.

Go to a doctor for a physical every year.

So I do. But nothing he does touches on this subject, at least I think. Maybe I'm not in the right age group for him to bother. He listens to my heart and checks blood pressure. My sense is that this is just so unlikely given what he does know about my health that he doesn't explore further.

Re: I Now Have a Cardiologist

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Post by __blockcipher__ »

atomical wrote: post #25
Waterluvian wrote: post #17

Are there any quality alternatives for literally just monitoring your heart? I don't like the watch but I want that feature pretty badly.

Go to a doctor for a physical every year.

But...most doctors don't give ECGs at physicals?
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