Self-palpation for detection of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: Much noise with little signal

Kazem Rahimi; Paulus Kirchhof

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003098

Self-palpation for detection of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: Much noise with little signal

PLoS Med. 2020 Mar 31;17(3):e1003098. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003098. eCollection 2020 Mar.

Authors

Kazem Rahimi^{1

2}, Paulus Kirchhof^{3

4

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Deep Medicine, Big Data Insitute, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
² NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom.
³ Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
⁵ SWBH and UHB NHS Trusts, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
⁶ AFNET, Münster, Germany.

Abstract

Kazem Rahimi and Paulus Kirchhof discuss the latest work from Faris Ghazal et al and how it may impact the way we currently detect Atrial Fibrillation in the general population.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Atrial Fibrillation*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Heart Rate
Humans
Mass Screening
Palpation

Abstract

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MeSH terms

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