Assessment of remote heart rhythm sampling using the AliveCor heart monitor to screen for atrial fibrillation the REHEARSE-AF study

Circulation

Volumn 136, Issue 19, 2017, Pages 1784-1794

  Halcox, Julian P J ^a   Wareham, Kathie ^a   Cardew, Antonia ^b   Gilmore, Mark ^c   Barry, James P ^d   Phillips, Ceri ^b   Gravenor, Michael B ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electrocardiography; Mass screening; Preventive medicine; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTOMATION; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHA2DS2-VASC SCORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; TELEMONITORING; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ALGORITHM; AMBULATORY ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; MOBILE APPLICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; REMOTE SENSING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTOR; WALES;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 85033594309     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.030583     Document Type: Article

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