Detecting and Diagnosing Atrial Fibrillatio
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Atrial fibrillation
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON21863
- Lead Sponsor
- Maastricht University, MaastrichtAcademic Medical Center (AMC) Amsterdam
- Brief Summary
Verbiest - van Gurp N. Vroege diagnose van atriumfibrilleren. Huisarts en wetenschap. 2014;57(10):540 <br><br> Uittenbogaart SB. Asymptomatisch atriumfibrilleren opsporen. Huisarts en wetenschap. 2014;57(12):653
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 19200
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age of 65 years or older
2. No previously documented AF
Exclusion Criteria
1. Having a pacemaker.
2. Legal incompetence or unable to give informed consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method (1) The difference between intervention and control practices in the number of patients with newly found AF during one year.<br /><br>(2) Sensitivity, specificity and other diagnostic parameters of pulse palpation, eBPM-AF and hand-ECG, respectively, using the 12-lead ECG and/or 2 week Holter monitoring as reference standard.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method