The AliveCor handheld heart monitor: turning your iPhone into a single-lead electrocardiogram (ECG)
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Orchard, J., Semsarian, C., Orchard, J., Freedman, B., & Neubeck, L. (2013)
The AliveCor handheld heart monitor: turning your iPhone into a single-lead electrocardiogram (ECG). Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 16(1), e61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2013.10.144
Can the Internet help people with cardiovascular disease?
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Neubeck, L. (2013)
Can the Internet help people with cardiovascular disease?. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 67(10), 929-931. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.12181
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death and disability globally, and worryingly it is those with existing disease who are at greatest risk of further e...
Fog on the crystal ball? Missing atrial fibrillation in forecasting the future of stroke
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Neubeck, L., Orchard, J., & Freedman, S. B. (2013)
Fog on the crystal ball? Missing atrial fibrillation in forecasting the future of stroke. Stroke, 44(10), e136-e136. https://doi.org/10.1161/strokeaha.113.002495
The policy statement by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association1 on the future of stroke highlights not only the increasing costs of stroke but also, im...
Tweeting our way to cardiovascular health.
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Redfern, J., Ingles, J., Neubeck, L., Johnston, S., & Semsarian, C. (2013)
Tweeting our way to cardiovascular health. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 61(15), 1657-1658. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2013.01.041
This study illustrates the emerging role of Twitter as a medium by which cardiovascular health information and education can be disseminated quickly, efficiently, and on a wor...
Screening to identify unknown atrial fibrillation: a systematic review.
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Lowres, N., Neubeck, L., Redfern, J., & Freedman, S. B. (2013)
Screening to identify unknown atrial fibrillation: a systematic review. Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 110(2), 213-222. https://doi.org/10.1160/th13-02-0165
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with a significantly increased stroke risk which is highly preventable with appropriate oral anticoagulant therapy (OAC). However, AF ma...
iPhone ECG application for community screening to detect silent atrial fibrillation: a novel technology to prevent stroke.
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Lau, J. K., Lowres, N., Neubeck, L., Brieger, D. B., Sy, R. W., Galloway, C. D., …Freedman, S. B. (2013)
iPhone ECG application for community screening to detect silent atrial fibrillation: a novel technology to prevent stroke. International Journal of Cardiology, 165(1), 193-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.01.220
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia, and its prevalence increases with age. In those aged 65 or older, screening studies reveal the prevalence (in...
Screening education and recognition in community pHarmacies of atrial fibrillation to prevent stroke (SEARCH-AF Stroke Prevention Study)
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Lowres, N., Neubeck, L., Redfern, J., McLachlan, A., Krass, I., Bennett, A., …Freedman, S. (2013)
Screening education and recognition in community pHarmacies of atrial fibrillation to prevent stroke (SEARCH-AF Stroke Prevention Study). Heart, Lung and Circulation, 22(1), S223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2013.05.532
BACKGROUND:
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with a high risk of stroke and may often be asymptomatic. AF is commonly undiagnosed until patients present with sequelae, s...
Declining total cholesterol levels and increasing lipid lowering therapy use at presentation in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
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Chan, T., Ranasinghe, I., Neubeck, L., Hyun, K., Brieger, D., Aliprandi-Costa, B., …Freedman, S. (2013)
Declining total cholesterol levels and increasing lipid lowering therapy use at presentation in patients with acute coronary syndrome. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 22(Supp. 1), S61-S62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2013.05.147
Abstract from the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting and the International Society for Heart Research Australasian Section Annual Scientifi...
What football teaches us about researching complex health interventions
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Clark, A. M., Briffa, T. G., Thirsk, L., Neubeck, L., & Redfern, J. (2012)
What football teaches us about researching complex health interventions. BMJ, 345(dec14 12), e8316-e8316. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e8316
Football and healthcare are both complex adaptive systems. Alex Clark and colleagues wonder how and why football scores more highly when it comes to introducing interventions.
Community screening programs to identify unknown atrial fibrillation: a systematic review
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Lowres, N., Neubeck, L., Redfern, J., & Freedman, B. (2012)
Community screening programs to identify unknown atrial fibrillation: a systematic review. European Heart Journal, 33(1), 1123-1196