đź«€ Further Discussion on Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib)
Stanford professor pointed out that in the United States, the assumed 2-year undiagnosed AF prevalence was 23% (1,531,000) of the total prevalent patients with AF (6,568,000). Undiagnosed (vs. diagnosed) AF, about 591,000 undiagnosed out of 5.628 million in 2015.
The most frequently asked questions concern Atrial Fibrillation:
🙋‍♂️On a new ECG, in which time segment within the P wave does atrial fibrillation occur?
đź©· Electrophysiological Analysis
From the sinus node (SAN) to the atrium (each heartbeat originates from pacing and spreads across the atria). In invasive electrophysiological studies, this is the P-A interval. This segment has the shortest duration and fastest conduction, with normal values of 20–35 ms.
đź©· Anatomical Analysis:
Atrial fibrillation occurs in the time segment between the atrionector [sinus node] and the [AV node], where electrical potential energy triggers fibrillation.
đź©· Traditional ECG Analysis:
When the sinus node reaches its maximum threshold of stored electrical impulse, it initiates a heartbeat, which appears as the starting point of the P wave on a conventional ECG. To the left of the P wave onset in traditional ECG tracings is a horizontal straight line (often the P wave onset cannot be clearly confirmed because it forms a rounded arc). Why is it a horizontal straight line? Because 99% of the signals recorded by ECG are high-frequency signals, and before a heartbeat, high-frequency activity appears as a horizontal line.
đź©· New ECG Analysis:
Observe two leads:
Lead II is primarily vertical (superior-inferior orientation), and Lead V5 is primarily horizontal (anterior-posterior orientation). This records the atrial wave. Therefore, identifying atrial fibrillation is not difficult. Because atrial fibrillation involves trembling/quivering within the atria, it will inevitably affect the AV node image display following the atrial wave.
Even more challenging and prone to missed diagnosis are cases where A-Fib accompanies other conditions (such as AMI, CAD, ACS, Heart Failure, CLBBB, CRBBB, Atrioventricular block, premature beats, escape beats, WPW syndrome, pulmonary embolism, COPD, tachycardia, complete ventricular block, etc.). This makes the automated read images and automated data from the new ECG even more essential.
đź’ˇ Total sample size: Over 15 million
đź«€ A-fib Image display rate: 99.99%
🥇 AI detection rate: 97%
âś…Occult A-fib: 93% (From 0% to 93%)
âś…A-fib (without F-wave): 93% (From 0% to 93%)
🥇 A-fib correlation rate: 99%
đź’ˇ False positive rate: 3%
đź’ˇ False negative rate: 0.5%
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