Most Americans use devices to monitor their heart—just 1 in 4 share the data with doctors

A majority of Americans use a device to monitor their heart health, according to a new survey commissioned by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. However, just 25% of those users take that extra step and share their data with a cardiologist or primary care provider.

Laxmi Mehta, MD, director of preventative cardiology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, shows a patient how the functions on her smartwatch can monitor her heart health. Image courtesy of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

Just a small fraction of the people tracking their own heart health are actually doing anything with the data, according to a new survey commissioned by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

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Bioprosthetic valves are being used more and more for aortic valve replacement, but mechanical valves appear to provide better long-term outcomes for patients 60 and younger. The new study, based on data from nearly 110,000 patients, was presented at STS 2025 and published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

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Cardiologists in Spain encountered an unexpected complication in a 78-year-old transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) patient, highlighting the experience in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.

Image and captions courtesy of Vila-García et al. and JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. (A) Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), midesophageal short-axis view. The arrow indicates the tear in the noncoronary leaflet. (B) TEE, midesophageal long-axis view with zoom at the TAVR. The arrow indicates the tear in the leaflet in diastole. (C) TEE, midesophageal long-axis view with zoom at the aortic valve. The arrow indicates the tear in the leaflet in systole. (D) TEE, midesophageal long-axis view. The wide color jet suggests severe aortic regurgitation.

Cardiologists believe this is the first time this exact complication has been reported. Even patients who present with no known risk factors, they said, should receive regular follow-up care to ensure such incidents do not go untreated.