Performance of handheld electrocardiogram devices to detect atrial fibrillation in a cardiology and geriatric ward setting

Europace

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 29-39

  Desteghe, Lien ^a,b   Raymaekers, Zina ^a   Lutin, Mark ^b   Vijgen, Johan ^b   Dilling Boer, Dagmara ^b   Koopman, Pieter ^b   Schurmans, Joris ^b   Vanduynhoven, Philippe ^b   Dendale, Paul ^a,b   Heidbuchel, Hein ^a,b  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b JESSA HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cost effectiveness; Electrocardiogram; Handheld ECG; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHADS2 SCORE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ACTION POTENTIAL; BELGIUM; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ECONOMIC MODEL; ECONOMICS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BELGIUM; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; CELL PHONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 85016225621     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euw025     Document Type: Article

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