Optimal opportunistic screening of atrial fibrillation using pulse palpation in cardiology outpatient clinics: Who and how.

Jordi Bañeras RiusIvana PariggianoEduard Ródenas-AlesinaGerard OristrellRoxana EscalonaBerta MirandaPau RelloToni SorianoBlanca GordonYassin BelahnechPaolo CalabròDavid García-DoradoIgnacio Ferreira-GonzálezJoaquim Radua

Published in: PloS one (2022)

Opportunistic screening for AF using optimal pulse palpation in candidate individuals according to a simple algorithm may have high effectiveness in detecting AF in primary care.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
primary care
blood pressure
oral anticoagulants
left atrial
catheter ablation
randomized controlled trial
machine learning
direct oral anticoagulants
systematic review
deep learning
percutaneous coronary intervention
acute kidney injury
venous thromboembolism
neural network