Feasibility of a decentralised trial of sleep apnoea screening in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Mads Hashiba¹, Ali Al-Alak^2,1, Sebastian Kinnberg Nielsen¹, Lars Kayser³, Nina Nouhravesh¹, Mariam Elmegaard¹, Mohamed El-Chouli^1,4, Signe Risom^1,5,6, Rune Asger Vestergaard Frandsen⁷, Poul Jennum⁷, Morten Lamberts^1,6

¹Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Herlev and Gentofte Hospital.

²Antidote Danmark.

³Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen.

⁴Department of Cardiology, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde.

⁵Institute for Nursing and Nutrition, University College Copenhagen.

⁶Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen.

⁷Danish Center for Sleep Medicine, Department of Neurophysiology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Denmark.

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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Atrial fibrillation (AF) prevalence is projected to double in the coming decades, necessitating innovative management strategies. This study evaluated the feasibility of a decentralised clinical trial for home-based sleep apnoea (SA) screening, activity tracking and heart rhythm monitoring in patients with AF. METHODS: This prospective cohort study enrolled patients with AF without…

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