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[...] Atrial fibrillation is the most common heart rhythm disorder. One in four middle-aged adults in Europe and the US will develop atrial fibrillation. 2 It causes 20-30% of all strokes and raises the risk of premature death, but outlook improves dramatically with oral anticoagulation therapy. Undiagnosed atrial fibrillation is common and many patients remain untreated. Opportunistic screening is recommended in over-65s, but has time, logistical, and resource demands.
DIGITAL-AF examined the feasibility and effectiveness of screening for atrial fibrillation with a smartphone app medically certified in the EU to detect the condition. The app was made freely available by publishing an access token in a local newspaper. Within 48 hours, 12,328 adults had scanned the token and enrolled in the study.
Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180825081735.htm
(Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Tuesday August 28 2018, @05:36PM
There are regularized AFib patterns as well, where the pacemaker signal comes from the atrioventricular node, casuing AFib, but the pattern is steady. This app wouldn't catch those. Not saying it's not worth using, just that specific to AFib there would be an automatic false negative rate.
https://lifeinthefastlane.com/ecg-library/junctional-escape-rhythm/ [lifeinthefastlane.com]
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