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The use of a wearable electrocardiogram (ECG) monitor for up to 14 days after cardiac surgery may improve the detection of postoperative atrial fibrillation (poAF), potentially speeding up the detection of cases which may have gone unseen until up to three months’ follow-up, researchers have shown.
Preliminary results of a 100-patient study involving the use of the Vivalink wearable ECG patch following cardiac surgery procedures at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston, USA), presented at Euroanaesthesia 2025 (25–27 May, Lisbon, Portugal), in which researchers analysed data from the wearable monitor after discharge.
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