Real-world performance of an enhanced atrial fibrillation detection algorithm in an insertable cardiac monitor

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1624-1630

  Mittal, Suneet ^a   Rogers, John ^b   Sarkar, Shantanu ^c   Koehler, Jodi ^c   Warman, Eduardo N ^c   Tomson, Todd T ^d   Passman, Rod S ^d  

^a Valley Health System of New York   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^c Medtronic plc   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Diagnosis and monitoring; Insertable cardiac monitor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PATIENT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC MONITOR; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERY ELDERLY; AMBULATORY ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNCOPE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84991453613     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2016.05.010     Document Type: Article

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