ArticleEuropean heart journal. Digital health2023
Smartphone-based atrial fibrillation screening in the general population: feasibility and impact on medical treatment.
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- External validation of a machine learning-based classification algorithm for ambulatory heart rhythm diagnostics in pericardioversion atrial fibrillation patients using smartphone photoplethysmography: the SMARTBEATS-ALGO study.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 · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Spandan Smartphone-Based Electrocardiogram for Arrhythmia Detection: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Large Patient Cohort.Anatolian journal of cardiology · 2025Article
- Current Strategies for Atrial Fibrillation Prevention and Management: Taming the Commonest Cardiac Arrhythmia.Current vascular pharmacology · 2025Review
- The Efficacy of Artificial Intelligence in the Detection and Management of Atrial Fibrillation.Cureus · 2025Review
- Physician Preferences in Using Novel Digital Devices for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation-A DAS-CAM III Survey.Clinical cardiology · 2024Article
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- Artificial Intelligence and Heart-Brain Connections: A Narrative Review on Algorithms Utilization in Clinical Practice.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Validation of a novel smartphone-based photoplethysmographic method for ambulatory heart rhythm diagnostics: the SMARTBEATS study.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 · 2024Article
- Real-world validation of smartphone-based photoplethysmography for rate and rhythm monitoring in atrial fibrillation.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 · 2024Article
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Abstract
Aims: The aim of this study is to determine the feasibility, detection rate, and therapeutic implications of large-scale smartphone-based screening for atrial fibrillation (AF). Methods and results: Subjects from the general population in Belgium were recruited through a media campaign to perform AF screening during 8 consecutive days with a smartphone application. The application analyses photoplethysmography traces with artificial intelligence and offline validation of suspected signals to detect AF. The impact of AF screening on medical therapy was measured through questionnaires. Atrial fibrillation was detected in the screened population ( Conclusion: Smartphone-based AF screening is feasible at large scale. Screening increased OAC uptake and impacted therapy of both new and previously diagnosed clinical AF but failed to impact risk factor management in subjects with subclinical AF.
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