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Prospective arrhythmia surveillance after a COVID-19 diagnosis

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Background Cardiac arrhythmias have been observed among patients hospitalised with acute COVID-19 infection, and palpitations remain a common symptom among the much larger outpatient population of COVID-19 survivors in the convalescent stage of the disease. Median monitoring duration was 13.2 (IQR

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Digitally enabled acute care for atrial fibrillation: conception, feasibility and early outcomes of an AF virtual ward

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Virtual wards could be the way forward to manage acute AF patients through remote monitoring, especially with the rise in global access to digital telecommunication and the growing acceptance of telemedicine post-COVID-19. Methods An AF virtual ward was implemented as a proof-of-concept care model.