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Validity of daily self-pulse palpation for atrial fibrillation screening in patients 65 years and older: A cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: The European Society of Cardiology guidelines recommend (Class IA) single-time–point screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) using pulse palpation. The role of pulse palpation for AF detection has not been validated against electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings. We aimed to study the validit...

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Autores principales: Ghazal, Faris, Theobald, Holger, Rosenqvist, Mårten, Al-Khalili, Faris
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7108684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32231369
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003063