| Title: | Using clinical and consumer devices to enhance screening for atrial fibrillation |
| Project Description: | Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an abnormal heart rhythm which increases the risk of stroke when untreated. Consequently, AF screening programmes are now being developed. These involve taking home a handheld clinical device, and checking your heart rhythm twice a day for a fortnight to search for AF. It may be possible to improve this process by using consumer devices such as fitness bands to check for AF in daily life. |
| Methodology description: | The aim of this project is to establish how clinical and consumer devices can best be used to identify AF. Firstly, we will establish criteria for detecting possible AF from fitness bands. Secondly, we will develop a 30 second test to identify patients who are unlikely to have AF, so they do not have to use a device at home. Thirdly, we will assess different devices for home rhythm monitoring.
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| Start date: | 24th February 2020 |
| End date: | 23rd February 2025 |
| Contact person: | Dr Pete Charlton |
| Contact Details: | Primary Care Unit Strangeways Research Laboratory Worts Causeway Cambridge CB1 8RN UK Telephone: (01223) 331063 E-mail: pc657@medschl.cam.ac.uk |
| Collaborative: | This project is conducted in collaboration with the Research Centre for Biomedical Engineering at City, University of London |
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| Funding Organisation: | British Heart Foundation |
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