Individualized Studies of Triggers of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: The I-STOP-AFib Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia. Although patients have reported that various exposures determine when and if an AF event will occur, a prospective evaluation of patient-selected triggers has not been conducted, and the utility of characterizing presumed AF-related triggers for individual patients remains unknown.

Objective

To test the hypothesis that n-of-1 trials of self-selected AF triggers would enhance AF-related quality of life.

Design, setting, and participants

A randomized clinical trial lasting a minimum of 10 weeks tested a smartphone mobile application used by symptomatic patients with paroxysmal AF who owned a smartphone and were interested in testing a presumed AF trigger. Participants were screened between December 22, 2

SUBMITTER: Marcus GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8591553 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature