Can 24 h of ambulatory ECG be used to triage patients to extended monitoring?

Linda S B JohnsonAlexandra MåneheimMagdalena SlusarczykAgnieszka GrotekOlga WitkowskaJustinas BaceviciusLeif SörnmoMarek DziubinskiSanjeev BhavnaniJeffrey S HealeyGunnar Engström

Published in: Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc (2023)

By using 24hECG data, long-term monitoring for AF can safely be avoided in 20% of an unselected patient population whereas an overall risk of 9% in the remaining 80% of the population warrants repeated or extended monitoring.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
emergency department
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
atrial fibrillation
heart rate
heart rate variability
big data
patient reported outcomes
patient reported