Pwave signal analysis is able to recognize with a good accuracy patients with and without previous atrial fibrillation
Résumé
PurposeParoxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) is a common cardiac arrhythmia but difficult to diagnose: frequently asymptomatic and when symptomatic too sporadic to be captured by electrocardiogram (ECG) or even long duration Holter monitoring. However this diagnosis carries a major importance as it could induce key changes in diagnosis and therapy (anticoagulation). Our aim was to evaluate the accuracy of the P signal wave analysis to discriminate patients with and without previous documented AF.