The diagnostic accuracy of the MyDiagnostick to detect atrial fibrillation in primary care

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Vaes, Bert ^a,b   Stalpaert, Silke ^a   Tavernier, Karen ^a   Thaels, Britt ^a   Lapeire, Daphne ^a   Mullens, Wilfried ^c,d   Degryse, Jan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; MyDiagnostick; Primary care; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICES; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84903748843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-15-113     Document Type: Article

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