Performance of a Mobile Single-Lead Electrocardiogram Technology for Atrial Fibrillation Screening in a Semirural African Population: Insights From "The Heart of Ethiopia: Focus on Atrial Fibrillation" (TEFF-AF) Study

• Main Authors: Pitman, Bradley M (Author), Chew, Sok-Hui (Author), Wong, Christopher X (Author), Jaghoori, Amenah (Author), Iwai, Shinsuke (Author), Thomas, Gijo (Author), Chew, Andrew (Author), Sanders, Prashanthan (Author), Lau, Dennis H (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundAtrial fibrillation (AF) screening using mobile single-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) devices has demonstrated variable sensitivity and specificity. However, limited data exists on the use of such devices in low-resource countries. ObjectiveThe goal of the research was to evaluate the utilit...