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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2182-5173</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Geral e Familiar]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Port Med Geral Fam]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2182-5173</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Associação Portuguesa de Medicina Geral e Familiar]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2182-51732021000600598</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.32385/rpmgf.v37i6.13077</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Perspetivas futuras na monitorização do ritmo cardíaco e a utilização de smartwatch]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Future perspectives in cardiac rhythm monitoring and smartwatch use]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Soares]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carolina Araújo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pinto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Andreia Figueira]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Andrade]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Raquel]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodrigues]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ricardo C.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro de Saúde do Bom Jesus  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Funchal ]]></addr-line>
<country>Região Autónoma da Madeira, Portugal</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro de Saúde de Santo António  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Funchal ]]></addr-line>
<country>Região Autónoma da Madeira, Portugal</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro de Saúde do Caniço  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Caniço ]]></addr-line>
<country>Região Autónoma da Madeira, Portugal</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça Serviço de Cardiologia ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Funchal ]]></addr-line>
<country>Região Autónoma da Madeira, Portugal</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>30</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>30</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>37</volume>
<numero>6</numero>
<fpage>598</fpage>
<lpage>601</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2182-51732021000600598&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2182-51732021000600598&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2182-51732021000600598&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo A crescente utilização de smartwatches passou a fazer parte do quotidiano dos seus utilizadores, com especial foco na atividade física, ao permitir monitorizar o exercício realizado em termos de intensidade, duração, gasto energético e, mais recentemente, monitorização da frequência cardíaca. A potencial utilização destes dispositivos eletrónicos no campo da medicina é um marco importante, permitindo, através da monitorização do ritmo cardíaco, a possível deteção de períodos de arritmia, como a fibrilação auricular, com extensão à monitorização de arritmias ventriculares potencialmente fatais, como o prolongamento do intervalo QT, este último com particular utilidade na monitorização à distância durante o período da pandemia COVID-19. Os principais estudos apresentados apresentam várias limitações; no entanto, elucidam os leitores para a importância da crescente evolução tecnológica e para o seu potencial impacto prognóstico nos utilizadores destes dispositivos.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The regular use of smartwatches allows monitoring the exercise performed by its users, especially in terms of intensity, duration, energy expenditure, and more recently, heart rate. The potential use of these electronic devices in medicine is an important milestone, allowing through monitoring of cardiac rhythm, a possible way to detect periods of cardiac arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation and more recently, QT interval prolongation that can cause potentially fatal ventricular arrhythmias, with its importance shown during COVID-19 pandemics. The main studies have several limitations; however, they show the importance of technological evolution and its potential prognostic impact on the users of these devices.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Smartwatch]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Monitorização remota]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Fibrilação auricular]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Arritmias.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Smartwatch]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Monitoring]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Remote sensing technologies]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Atrial fibrillation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Cardiac arrhythmias.]]></kwd>
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