81 * Symptom frequency is a poor predictor of onset of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in a population presenting with palpitations
| Autor: | Christopher H. Fry, A Waheed, Rita I. Jabr, N. Findlay, PJ Howlett, J Morritt, Edward Leatham, Laura Greswell, Michael Mahmoudi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
education.field_of_study business.industry Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation Population Cardiac arrhythmia Atrial fibrillation medicine.disease Asymptomatic Symptom frequency Physiology (medical) Internal medicine Cardiology Palpitations Medicine medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business education Paroxysmal AF |
| Zdroj: | Europace. 16:iii31-iii31 |
| ISSN: | 1532-2092 1099-5129 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/europace/euu244.7 |
| Popis: | Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia and paroxysmal AF (PAF) comprises approximately half of all AF cases. PAF poses a particular diagnostic challenge given its intermittency. A physician's choice of investigational device is largely based on symptom frequency although it has been widely established that a significant proportion of PAF episodes are asymptomatic. We aim to determine whether symptom frequency is a reliable method to select a choice of investigational device in a population presenting with palpitations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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