Performance of an implantable automatic atrial fibrillation detection device: Impact of software adjustments and relevance of manual episode analysis

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 480-485

  Eitel, Charlotte ^a   Husser, Daniela ^a   Hindricks, Gerhard ^a   Frühauf, Manuela ^a   Hilbert, Sebastian ^a   Arya, Arash ^a   Gaspar, Thomas ^a   Wetzel, Ulrike ^a   Bollmann, Andreas ^a   Piorkowski, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; ECG monitoring; Implantable loop recorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; IMPLANT; IMPLANTABLE AUTOMATIC ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DETECTION DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79953772902     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq511     Document Type: Article

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