Evaluation of general practitioners' single-lead electrocardiogram interpretation skills: a case-vignette study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Handheld single-lead electrocardiograms (1L-ECG) present a welcome addition to the diagnostic arsenal of general practitioners (GPs). However, little is known about GPs' 1L-ECG interpretation skills, and thus its reliability in real-world practice.

Objective

To determine the diagnostic accuracy of GPs in diagnosing atrial fibrillation or flutter (AF/Afl) based on 1L-ECGs, with and without the aid of automatic algorithm interpretation, as well as other relevant ECG abnormalities.

Methods

We invited 2239 Dutch GPs for an online case-vignette study. GPs were asked to interpret four 1L-ECGs, randomly drawn from a pool of 80 case-vignettes. These vignettes were obtained from a primary care study that used smartphone-operated 1L-ECG recordings using the AliveCor

SUBMITTER: Karregat EPM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8006764 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature