Population-Based Screening or Targeted Screening Based on Initial Clinical Risk Assessment for Atrial Fibrillation: A Report from the Huawei Heart Study.

ABSTRACT: A general-population approach has been advocated to improve the screening of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). A more pragmatic alternative may be targeted screening of patients at high risk of developing AF. We assess the value of a simple clinical risk score, C2HEST (C2, coronary artery disease/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COPD (1 point each); H, hypertension; E, elderly (age ≥75, doubled); S, systolic heart failure; HF (doubled); T, hyperthyroidism)); to facilitate population screening and detection of incident AF in the general population, in a prespecified ancillary analysis of the Huawei Heart Study. The Huawei Heart Study investigated general population screening for AF, identified using photoplethysmography (PPG)-based HUAWEI smart devices. We compared the value of

SUBMITTER: Guo Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7291296 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature