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Editor, Senior Moderator
Europace. 2016 Feb 6. pii: euv426. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Yield of screening for atrial fibrillation in primary care with a hand-held, single-lead electrocardiogram device during influenza vaccination.[/h] Kaasenbrood F[SUP]1[/SUP], Hollander M[SUP]2[/SUP], Rutten FH[SUP]2[/SUP], Gerhards LJ[SUP]3[/SUP], Hoes AW[SUP]2[/SUP], Tieleman RG[SUP]4[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]AIMS:[/h] To assess the yield of screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) with a hand-held single-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) device during influenza vaccination in primary care in the Netherlands.
[h=4]METHODS AND RESULTS:[/h] We used the MyDiagnostick to screen for AF in persons who participated in influenza vaccination sessions of ten Dutch primary care practices. In case of suspected AF detection by the stick, the recorded 1-min ECG registrations were analysed by a cardiologist. We scrutinized electronic medical files of the general practitioners to obtain information about the cases screened. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to predict the relation between patient characteristics and a new screen-detected diagnosis of AF. In total, 3269 persons were screened for AF during the influenza vaccination sessions of 10 general practitioner practices. As a result, 37 (1.1%) new cases of AF were detected. Prior transient ischeamic attack or stroke (OR 6.05; 95%CI 1.93-19.0), and age (OR 1.09 per year; 95% CI 1.05-1.14) were independent predictors for such newly screen-detected AF. Of the 37 screen-detected AF cases, 2.7% had a CHA[SUB]2[/SUB]DS[SUB]2[/SUB]-VASc of 0, 18.9% a score of 1, and 78.4% a score of 2 or more. The majority needed oral anticoagulant therapy.
[h=4]CONCLUSIONS:[/h] Screening seems feasible with an easy to use single-lead, hand-held ECG device with automatic AF detection during influenza vaccination in primary care and results in a '1-day' yield of 1.1% new cases of AF.
[h=4]TRIAL REGISTRATION CLINICALTRIALSGOV:[/h] NCT02006524.
? The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Atrial fibrillation; Influenza vaccination; Primary care; Screening
PMID: 26851813 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
[h=1]Yield of screening for atrial fibrillation in primary care with a hand-held, single-lead electrocardiogram device during influenza vaccination.[/h] Kaasenbrood F[SUP]1[/SUP], Hollander M[SUP]2[/SUP], Rutten FH[SUP]2[/SUP], Gerhards LJ[SUP]3[/SUP], Hoes AW[SUP]2[/SUP], Tieleman RG[SUP]4[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]AIMS:[/h] To assess the yield of screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) with a hand-held single-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) device during influenza vaccination in primary care in the Netherlands.
[h=4]METHODS AND RESULTS:[/h] We used the MyDiagnostick to screen for AF in persons who participated in influenza vaccination sessions of ten Dutch primary care practices. In case of suspected AF detection by the stick, the recorded 1-min ECG registrations were analysed by a cardiologist. We scrutinized electronic medical files of the general practitioners to obtain information about the cases screened. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to predict the relation between patient characteristics and a new screen-detected diagnosis of AF. In total, 3269 persons were screened for AF during the influenza vaccination sessions of 10 general practitioner practices. As a result, 37 (1.1%) new cases of AF were detected. Prior transient ischeamic attack or stroke (OR 6.05; 95%CI 1.93-19.0), and age (OR 1.09 per year; 95% CI 1.05-1.14) were independent predictors for such newly screen-detected AF. Of the 37 screen-detected AF cases, 2.7% had a CHA[SUB]2[/SUB]DS[SUB]2[/SUB]-VASc of 0, 18.9% a score of 1, and 78.4% a score of 2 or more. The majority needed oral anticoagulant therapy.
[h=4]CONCLUSIONS:[/h] Screening seems feasible with an easy to use single-lead, hand-held ECG device with automatic AF detection during influenza vaccination in primary care and results in a '1-day' yield of 1.1% new cases of AF.
[h=4]TRIAL REGISTRATION CLINICALTRIALSGOV:[/h] NCT02006524.
? The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Atrial fibrillation; Influenza vaccination; Primary care; Screening
PMID: 26851813 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]