IMPORTANCE: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia, and its early detection could lead to significant improvements in outcomes through the appropriate prescription of anticoagulation medication. Although a variety of...
OBJECTIVE: Photoplethysmography (PPG) monitoring has been implemented in many portable and wearable devices we use daily for health and fitness tracking. Its simplicity and cost-effectiveness has enabled a variety of biomedical applications, such as ...
Nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) is associated with an increased risk of stroke however many patients are diagnosed after onset. This study assessed the potential of machine-learning algorithms to detect NVAF. A retrospective database study u...
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde
Nov 28, 2019
In patients with cryptogenic stroke, the detection of atrial fibrillation (AF) is important, since it is an indication for the prescription of oral anticoagulation, instead of anti-platelet therapy, to decrease the chance of a recurrent ischaemic cer...
Late gadolinium enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (LGE MRI) appears to be a promising alternative for scar assessment in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Automating the quantification and analysis of atrial scars can be challenging due to...
Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
Nov 14, 2019
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a type of arrhythmia with high incidence. Automatic AF detection methods have been studied in previous works. However, a model cannot be used all the time without any improvement. And updating mod...
BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained heart arrhythmia. However, as many cases are asymptomatic, a large proportion of patients remain undiagnosed until serious complications arise. Efficient, cost-effective detection of t...
BMC medical informatics and decision making
Oct 29, 2019
BACKGROUND: The global age-adjusted mortality rate related to atrial fibrillation (AF) registered a rapid growth in the last four decades, i.e., from 0.8 to 1.6 and 0.9 to 1.7 per 100,000 for men and women during 1990-2010, respectively. In this cont...
BACKGROUND: The anticoagulant actions of oral direct factor Xa (FXa) inhibitors can be inferred from their observed plasma concentrations; however, the steady-state pharmacokinetics (PK) of different FXa inhibitors have not been compared in clinicall...
Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes
Oct 15, 2019
BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) increases the risk of stroke 5-fold and there is rising interest to determine if AF severity or burden can further risk stratify these patients, particularly for near-term events. Using continuous remote monitorin...