sing innovative technology to identify postoperative atrial fibrillation recurrence in non-cardiac surgical patients after hospital discharge
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Atrial FibrillationCardiovascular - Other cardiovascular diseases
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12616000904471
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Sydney
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
All patients with an in-hospital episode of new-onset secondary AF following admission for non-cardiac surgery or an acute medical illness (i.e. admitted to hospital in sinus rhythm; no AF history);
AND reversion or successful cardioversion to sinus rhythm prior to discharge;
AND age > or =40 years.
Patients must be able to provide informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients will be excluded if they are non-English speaking; or have insufficient cognitive capacity for the consent and interview process; or are unable to be contacted in the post-discharge period.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method