Screening for atrial fibrillation with automated blood pressure measurement: Research evidence and practice recommendations

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 203, Issue , 2016, Pages 465-473

  Verberk, Willem J ^a,b   Omboni, Stefano ^c   Kollias, Anastasios ^d   Stergiou, George S ^d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Microlife AG   (Switzerland)

^c ITALIAN INSTITUTE OF TELEMEDICINE   (Italy)

^d SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Blood pressure monitoring; Clinic; Home blood pressure; Self measurement; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTOMATED BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOME BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; OFFICE BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; OSCILLOMETER; OSCILLOMETRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AGING; DEVICES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEART RATE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES;

AGING; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEART RATE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84952801970     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.10.182     Document Type: Review

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