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Does smartphone-based ECG monitoring reduce AF-related visits to clinic or emergency department in post-atrial fibrillation ablation patients?
Does smartphone-based ECG monitoring reduce AF-related visits to clinic or emergency department in post-atrial fibrillation ablation patients?
Smartphone-based ECG monitoring significantly reduces healthcare utilization (clinic and ER visits) following atrial fibrillation ablation.
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May reduce postablation AF visits; hypothesis-generating from Level 5 data and requires RCTs before practice change.
Use of smartphone-based ECG monitoring led to a significant reduction in AF-related visits to clinic or emergency department in the postablation period.
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