Effect of implantable vs prolonged external electrocardiographic monitoring on atrial fibrillation detection in patients with ischemic stroke: the PER DIEM randomized …

BH Buck, MD Hill, FR Quinn, KS Butcher, BK Menon… - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The relative rates of detection of atrial fibrillation (AF) or atrial flutter from evaluating
patients with prolonged electrocardiographic monitoring with an external loop recorder …

Screening for atrial fibrillation in the older population: a randomized clinical trial

…, R Wachter, K Schmalstieg-Bahr, FR Quinn… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major cause of preventable strokes. Screening asymptomatic
individuals for AF may increase anticoagulant use for stroke prevention. Objective To …

[HTML][HTML] Estimated stroke risk, yield, and number needed to screen for atrial fibrillation detected through single time screening: a multicountry patient-level meta …

…, LA Perula de Torres, M Proietti, FR Quinn… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background The precise age distribution and calculated stroke risk of screen-detected atrial
fibrillation (AF) is not known. Therefore, it is not possible to determine the number needed to …

Meta-analysis of the effectiveness and safety of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with versus without left ventricular systolic dysfunction

…, WA Ghali, GD Veenhuyzen, FR Quinn… - The American journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Catheter ablation is a promising therapy for atrial fibrillation (AF), but its utility in patients with
left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) is uncertain. The objectives of this study were to …

High prevalence of modifiable stroke risk factors identified in a pharmacy-based screening programme

…, G Agarwal, A Grinvalds, T Lim, FR Quinn… - Open …, 2016 - openheart.bmj.com
Background Population-based screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) is a promising public
health strategy to prevent stroke. However, none of the published reports have evaluated …

Diagnostic pacing maneuvers for supraventricular tachycardia: part 1

GD Veenhuyzen, FR Quinn, SB Wilton… - Pacing and clinical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This two‐part manuscript reviews diagnostic pacing maneuvers for supraventricular tachycardia
(SVT). Part one will involve a detailed consideration of ventricular overdrive pacing (VOP…

Screening for undiagnosed atrial fibrillation in the community

FR Quinn, D Gladstone - Current opinion in cardiology, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Increased attention is being directed towards screening for silent atrial fibrillation and our
'toolbox'for detecting it is expanding. Whether this will translate into improved outcomes for …

Homozygous missense N629D hERG (KCNH2) potassium channel mutation causes developmental defects in the right ventricle and its outflow tract and embryonic …

GQ Teng, X Zhao, JP Lees-Miller, FR Quinn… - Circulation …, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc
Loss-of-function mutations in the human ERG1 potassium channel (hERG1) frequently
underlie the long QT2 (LQT2) syndrome. The role of the ERG potassium channel in cardiac …

[HTML][HTML] Is screening for atrial fibrillation in Canadian family practices cost-effective in patients 65 years and older?

JE Tarride, FR Quinn, G Blackhouse… - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
We present an economic evaluation of a recently completed cohort study in which 2054 seniors
were screened for atrial fibrillation (AF) in 22 Canadian family practices. Using a Markov …

Diagnostic accuracy and yield of screening tests for atrial fibrillation in the family practice setting: a multicentre cohort study

FR Quinn, DJ Gladstone, NM Ivers… - … Open Access Journal, 2018 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Detection of undiagnosed or undertreated (“actionable”) atrial fibrillation could
increase the use of appropriate oral anticoagulant therapy and reduce the risk of stroke. We …