Instant Heart Rate Monitor
Some heart patients experience heart irregular heart rates before or after open heart surgery. There are new smartphone applications which can allow patients to monitor their heart rates easily and quickly.
For iPhone users, there are over a dozen heart rate monitor apps available for free or at a small monthly cost at the Apple app store. These new apps utilize your smartphone's built in camera to accurately measure and track your heart rate at home or work, during various activities such as exercising, walking, resting, before going to sleep or after just waking.
The Instant Heart Rate: HR Monitor app is free, quick to download and easy to use. It monitors and tracks your heart rate, and measures stress levels. It is one of the apps that people can 
down load to their iPhone to check their heart-rate on-the-go, and get an instant read of how fast (or slow) their heart is beating. Most require the user to hold an index finger over the camera lens. The reading takes less than 10 seconds and results are displayed.
One benefit of in-home testing is that it empowers patients and increases their self-awareness of symptoms. Rather than having to rely on a doctor to do simple routine testing, they can self-check and this often leads to feeling more in control and brings peace of mind. Of course, these devices can be "over-used" just like any other technology but if used moderately and appropriately, they are effective and very helpful.
Bottom-line: Heart patients can live healthier, longer lives with these new advances in medical technology.
© 2018 Excepted from the Mended Hearts of Morris County Newsletter
Best Regards,
Vic
Victor Fabry, President
Mended Hearts of Morris County
Morristown Medical Center
Morristown, New Jersey
Direct 973-879-5647
fvfabry@gmail.com
