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Trial reportPloS one2016

Simulation of Daily Snapshot Rhythm Monitoring to Identify Atrial Fibrillation in Continuously Monitored Patients with Stroke Risk Factors.

Yuichiro Yano, Philip Greenland, Donald M Lloyd-Jones, Emile G Daoud, Jodi L Koehler, Paul D Ziegler

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In one paragraph

Trial report in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00279981 (TRENDS), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT00279981 completednot on this map

TRENDS: A Prospective Study of the Clinical Significance of Atrial Arrhythmias Detected by Implanted Device Diagnostics

TypeobservationalSponsorMedtronic Cardiac Rhythm and Heart FailureRan2003 to 2007Enrolled3,100ConditionsAtrial Fibrillation, Stroke, Heart FailureArmsDiagnostic
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Atrial fibrillation burden in clinical practice, research, and technology development: a clinical consensus statement of the European Society of Cardiology Council on Stroke and the European Heart Rhythm Association.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2025
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  7. Mobile Health for Arrhythmia Diagnosis and Management.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022
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  13. Screening for atrial fibrillation: predicted sensitivity of short, intermittent electrocardiogram recordings in an asymptomatic at-risk population.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yuichiro YanoDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
Philip GreenlandDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
Donald M Lloyd-JonesDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
Emile G DaoudDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America.
Jodi L KoehlerMedtronic Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America.
Paul D ZieglerMedtronic Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America.

Funding

Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (NUCATS)UL1TR001422 · NCATS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI D'AQUILA, RICHARD · 2015 to 2023
$56.8M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001422
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNew technologies are diffusing into medical practice swiftly. Hand-held devices such as smartphones can record short-duration (e.g., 1-minute) ECGs, but their effectiveness in identifying patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) is unknown.

methodsWe used data from the TRENDS study, which included 370 patients (mean age 71 years, 71% men, CHADS2 score≥1 point: mean 2.3 points) who had no documentation of atrial tachycardia (AT)/AF or antiarrhythmic or anticoagulant drug use at baseline. All were subsequently newly diagnosed with AT/AF by a cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) over one year of follow-up. Using a computer simulation approach (5,000 repetitions), we estimated the detection rate for paroxysmal AT/AF via daily snapshot ECG monitoring over various periods, with the probability of detection equal to the percent AT/AF burden on each day.

resultsThe estimated AT/AF detection rates with snapshot monitoring periods of 14, 28, 56, 112, and 365 days were 10%, 15%, 21%, 28%, and 50% respectively. The detection rate over 365 days of monitoring was higher in those with CHADS2 scores ≥2 than in those with CHADS2 scores of 1 (53% vs. 38%), and was higher in those with AT/AF burden ≥0.044 hours/day compared to those with AT/AF burden <0.044 hours/day (91% vs. 14%; both P<0.05).

conclusionsDaily snapshot ECG monitoring over 365 days detects half of patients who developed AT/AF as detected by CIED, and shorter intervals of monitoring detected fewer AT/AF patients. The detection rate was associated with individual CHADS2 score and AT/AF burden.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT00279981.

Indexed as

AgedAged, 80 and overAtrial FibrillationCell PhoneComputer SimulationElectrocardiographyElectrodes, ImplantedFemaleHeart FailureHumansMaleMiddle AgedRisk FactorsStrokeTachycardia

Identifiers

PMID26882334
PMCPMC4755529

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