Positive predictive value of device-detected atrial high-rate episodes at different rates and durations: An analysis from ASSERT

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1241-1246

  Kaufman, Elizabeth S ^a   Israel, Carsten W ^b   Nair, Girish M ^c   Armaganijan, Luciana ^d   Divakaramenon, Syamkumar ^c   Mairesse, Georges H ^e   Brandes, Axel ^f   Crystal, Eugene ^g   Costantini, Otto ^a   Sandhu, Roopinder K ^h   Parkash, Ratika ⁱ   Connolly, Stuart J ^c   Hohnloser, Stefan H ^j   Healey, Jeff S ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EVANGELISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^e Cliniques du Sud Luxenbourg   (Belgium)

^f ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

ⁱ DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial high rate episode; Automatic detection; Pacemaker; Thromboembolic event

Indexed keywords

DABIGATRAN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATRIAL HIGH RATE EPISODE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STROKE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 84864426256     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.03.017     Document Type: Article

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