In a substudy of the RATE-AF trial, which compared heart rate control therapy using digoxin or the beta-blocker bisoprolol, heart rate and physical activity data collected using a wearable device showed equivalent heart rate control by the two drugs and could be used to predict future heart failure functional class as well as standard clinical measurements.
- Simrat K. Gill
- Andrey Barsky
- Dipak Kotecha