Simulation of Daily Snapshot Rhythm Monitoring to Identify Atrial Fibrillation in Continuously Monitored Patients with Stroke Risk Factors.

BACKGROUND:New technologies are diffusing into medical practice swiftly. Hand-held devices such as smartphones can record short-duration (e.g., 1-minute) ECGs, but their effectiveness in identifying patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) is unknown. METHODS:We used data from the TRENDS st...

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Main Authors: Yuichiro Yano, Philip Greenland, Donald M Lloyd-Jones, Emile G Daoud, Jodi L Koehler, Paul D Ziegler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4755529?pdf=render