Yield of screening for atrial fibrillation in primary care with a hand-held, single-lead electrocardiogram device during influenza vaccination

Europace

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1514-1520

  Kaasenbrood, Femke ^a   Hollander, Monika ^a   Rutten, Frans H ^a   Gerhards, Leo J ^b   Hoes, Arno W ^a   Tieleman, Robert G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Influenza vaccination; Primary care; Screening

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHADS2 SCORE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VASCULAR DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STROKE;

EID: 84995685317     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euv426     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Camm AJ, Kirchhof P, Lip GY, Schotten U, Savelieva I, Ernst S et al. Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation: the Task Force for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Europace 2010;12: 1360-420.
2. Benjamin EJ,Wolf PA, D'Agostino RB, Silbershatz H, Kannel WB, Levy D. Impact of atrial fibrillation on the risk of death: the Framingham Heart Study. Circulation 1998; 98:946-52.
3. Hart RG, Pearce LA, Aguilar MI. Meta-analysis: antithrombotic therapy to prevent stroke in patients who have nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. Ann Intern Med 2007;146: 857-67.
4. Flaker GC, Belew K, Beckman K, Vidaillet H, Kron J, Safford R et al. Asymptomatic atrial fibrillation: demographic features and prognostic information from the Atrial Fibrillation Follow-up Investigation of Rhythm Management (AFFIRM) study. Am Heart J 2005;149:657-63.
5. Pisters R, van Oostenbrugge RJ, Knottnerus IL, de Vos CB, Boreas A, Lodder J et al. The likelihood of decreasing strokes in atrial fibrillation patients by strict application of guidelines. Europace 2010;12:779-84.
6. Friberg L, Rosenqvist M, Lindgren A, Terent A, Norrving B, Asplund K. High prevalence of atrial fibrillation among patients with ischemic stroke. Stroke; A Journal of Cerebral Circulation 2014;45:2599-605.
7. Boriani G, Botto GL, Padeletti L, Santini M, Capucci A, Gulizia M et al. Improving stroke risk stratification using the CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc risk scores in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation by continuous arrhythmia burden monitoring. Stroke; A Journal of Cerebral Circulation 2011;42:1768-70.
8. Fitzmaurice DA, McCahon D, Baker J, Murray ET, Jowett S, Sandhar H et al. Is screening for AF worthwhile Stroke risk in a screened population from the SAFE study. Fam Pract 2014;31:298-302.
9. NHG-Standaard Atriumfibrilleren. Utrecht: Nederlands Huisartsen Genootschap; 2013.
10. Fitzmaurice DA, Hobbs FD, Jowett S, Mant J, Murray ET, Holder R et al. Screening versus routine practice in detection of atrial fibrillation in patients aged 65 or over: cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ (Clinical Research ed) 2007;335:383.
11. Wiesel J, Fitzig L, Herschman Y, Messineo FC. Detection of atrial fibrillation using a modified microlife blood pressure monitor. Am J Hypertens 2009;22:848-52.
12. Tieleman RG, Plantinga Y, Rinkes D, Bartels GL, Posma JL, Cator R et al. Validation and clinical use of a novel diagnostic device for screening of atrial fibrillation. Europace 2014;16:1291-5.
13. Tacken M, Mulder J, Van den Hoogen H, Donkers J, TiersmaW, Verheij R. Monitoring Griepvaccinatiecampagne 2006. Utrecht: LINH-NIVEL; 2007.
14. Lowres N, Neubeck L, Redfern J, Freedman SB. Screening to identify unknown atrial fibrillation. A systematic review. Thromb Haemost 2013;110:213-22.
15. Camm AJ, Lip GY, De Caterina R, Savelieva I, Atar D, Hohnloser SH et al. 2012 focused update of the ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation: an update of the 2010 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation. Europace 2012;14:1385-413.
16. Potpara TS, Polovina MM, Marinkovic JM, Lip GY. A comparison of clinical characteristics and long-term prognosis in asymptomatic and symptomatic patients with first-diagnosed atrial fibrillation: the Belgrade Atrial Fibrillation Study. Int J Cardiol 2013;168:4744-9.
17. Zimetbaum P, Goldman A. Ambulatory arrhythmia monitoring: choosing the right device. Circulation 2010;122:1629-36.
18. Adams HP Jr, del Zoppo G, Alberts MJ, Bhatt DL, Brass L, Furlan A et al. Guidelines for the early management of adults with ischemic stroke: a guideline from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Stroke Council, Clinical Cardiology Council, Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention Council, and the Atherosclerotic Peripheral Vascular Disease and Quality of Care Outcomes in Research InterdisciplinaryWorking Groups: the American Academy of Neurology affirms the value of this guideline as an educational tool for neurologists. Circulation 2007;115:e478-534.
19. Kearley K, Selwood M, Van den Bruel A, Thompson M, Mant D, Hobbs FR et al. Triage tests for identifying atrial fibrillation in primary care: a diagnostic accuracy study comparing single-lead ECG and modified BP monitors. BMJ Open 2014;4: e004565.
20. Svennberg E, Engdahl J, Al-Khalili F, Friberg L, Frykman V, Rosenqvist M. Mass screening for untreated atrial fibrillation: The STROKESTOP study. Circulation 2015;131:2176-84.