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ArticleThe British journal of cardiology2023

Personal recording devices for arrhythmia detection.

Gabriele Volucke, Guy A Haywood

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Article in The British journal of cardiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Gabriele VoluckeJunior Doctor.
Guy A HaywoodConsultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist, Associate Professor of Cardiology University Hospitals of Plymouth, Derriford Road, Plymouth, PL6 8DH.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Persistent cardiac arrhythmias are readily amenable to detection by performing a standard electrocardiogram (ECG), but detection of transient (paroxysmal) arrhythmias has long been a significant cause of frustration to both doctors and patients. Often a significantly symptomatic arrhythmia is experienced by the patient but terminates before an ECG can be recorded to allow diagnosis. Prognostically important treatment is often delayed, and recurrent symptomatic attacks represent a high morbidity in patients' lives and result in a burden on emergency services, who often arrive after the arrhythmia has terminated with no resultant progress in making a diagnosis. Another area of concern has been the presence of asymptomatic, but clinically important, arrhythmias that can go unnoticed by people experiencing them and may result in permanent harm; asymptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in patients with high CHA

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atrial fibrillation (AF)atrial high-rate episode (AHRE)electrocardiogram (ECG)opportunistic atrial fibrillation screeningphotoplethysmography (PPG)smart devices for AF detection

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PMID39247418
PMCPMC11376263

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