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Large-Scale Assessment of a Smartwatch to Identify Atrial Fibrillation

Large-Scale Assessment of a Smartwatch to Identify Atrial Fibrillation

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Large-Scale Assessment of a Smartwatch to Identify Atrial Fibrillation

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Full title

Large-Scale Assessment of a Smartwatch to Identify Atrial Fibrillation

Publisher

United States: Massachusetts Medical Society

Journal title

The New England journal of medicine, 2019-11, Vol.381 (20), p.1909-1917

Language

English

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Publisher

United States: Massachusetts Medical Society

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Using a smartphone app, the investigators recruited 419,297 participants to be monitored for irregular pulses. Patterns suggesting atrial fibrillation were detected in 2161 participants who then received ECG monitoring devices to be worn for 7 days to confirm the presence or absence of atrial fibrillation.

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Full title

Large-Scale Assessment of a Smartwatch to Identify Atrial Fibrillation

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2314568114

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2314568114

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ISSN

0028-4793

E-ISSN

1533-4406

DOI

10.1056/NEJMoa1901183

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