Feasibility of Atrial Fibrillation Screening With Mobile Health Technologies at Pharmacies.

Tomasz ZaprutkoJoanna ZaprutkoArtur BaszkoDominika SawickaAnna SzałekMagdalena DymeckaWojciech TelecDorota KopciuchPiotr RatajczakMichał MichalakDankowski RafałAndrzej SzyszkaElżbieta Nowakowska

Published in: Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics (2019)

Kardia app is capable of fast screening and detecting AF with high sensitivity and specificity. The possible diagnosis of AF deserves additional cardiological evaluation. The results obtained in patients with low CHA2DS2-VASc score and "silent" AF confirm the importance of routine AF screening. Cardiovascular screening with the use of mobile health technology is feasible at pharmacies.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
left atrial
oral anticoagulants
catheter ablation
direct oral anticoagulants
left atrial appendage
heart failure
percutaneous coronary intervention
left ventricular
venous thromboembolism