Improving the diagnosis of heart failure in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Karina V BuntingSimrat K GillAlice SitchSamir MehtaKieran O'ConnorGregory Yoke Hong LipPaulus F KirchhofVictoria Y StraussKazem RahimiAlan John CammMary StanburyMichael GriffithJonathan N TownendGeorgios V GkoutosAndreas KarwathRichard Paul SteedsDipak Kotechanull nullPublished in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2021)
Compared with averaging of multiple beats in patients with AF, the index-beat approach improves reproducibility and saves time without a negative impact on validity, potentially improving the diagnosis and classification of heart failure in patients with AF.