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Vorhofflimmern auf der Smartwatch: Was hat das für Konsequenzen?

Screening for atrial fibrillation - what to do if the patient presents with atrial fibrillation on a smartwatch ECG?

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Many smartwatches and smartphones can record single lead electrocardiograms. If technically clean, such recordings are diagnostic for atrial fibrillation (AF). The implications of screening-detected AF are incompletely understood. Clinically diagnosed AF typically requires initiation of oral anticoagulation. In recent studies on screening-detected AF, oral anticoagulation did not significantly reduce the risk of stroke. Pending tailored guideline recommendations for screening-detected AF, it appears that unlike for clinical AF, in general anticoagulation should not be started routinely.

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  1. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, LMU Klinikum, Ziemssenstr. 5, 80336, München, Deutschland

    Moritz Sinner MPH &  Aenne S. von Falkenhausen

  2. Facharzt für Allgemeinmedizin/Kardiologie, Zentrum für Kardiologie am Klinikum Starnberg, Oßwaldstraße 1, 82319, Starnberg, Deutschland

    Gerhard Steinbeck

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Sinner, M., von Falkenhausen, A. & Steinbeck, G. Vorhofflimmern auf der Smartwatch: Was hat das für Konsequenzen?. MMW Fortschr Med 166, 50–53 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15006-024-3634-8

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