READ ME File For 'DATASET for the thesis entitled "Investigation of monitoring technlogies to guide "Pill-in-the-pocket" oral anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation.

Dataset DOI:https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D3661 

ReadMe Author: Briosa e Gala A, Sharp AJ, Schramm, Pope MTB, Leo M, Paisey J, Curzen N, Banerjee A, Betts TR.

Data file was created on September 2025

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GENERAL INFORMATION
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This dataset supports the following publications:

Chapter 3

[1] Briosa e Gala A, Pope MTB, Leo M, Sharp AJ, Tsoi V, Paisey J, Curzen N, Betts TR. “‘Pill-in-the-pocket’ oral anticoagulation guided by daily rhythm monitoring for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.” Arrhythm Electrophysiol Rev. 2023 Mar 2;12:e05

Chapter 4

[2] Briosa e Gala A, Pope MTB, Leo M, Sharp AJ, Field D, Thomas H, Balasubramaniam R, Hunter R, Gardner RS, Wilson D, Gallagher MM, Ormerod J, Paisey J, Curzen N, Betts TR.	 “Diagnostic performance of the Confirm Rx SharpSense AF detection algorithm in ‘real-world’ patients: UK Confirm Rx study.” J Arrhythm. 2024 Sep 3;40(5):1093–1101. 

Chapter 5

[3] Briosa e Gala A, Sharp AJ, Schramm D, Pope MTP, Leo M, Varini M, Banerjee A, Win KZ, Kalla M, Paisey J, Curzen N, Betts TR. “Diagnostic Performance of Single-Lead Electrocardiograms from the Apple Watch and CART Ring for Cardiac Arrhythmias.” Heart Rhythm O2 (in-press) DOI: 10.1016/j.hroo.2025.03.019

Chapter 6

[4] Briosa e Gala A, Sharp AJ, Schramm D, Ries W, Pope MTB, Leo M, Paisey J, Curzen N, Banerjee A, Betts TR. “Real-time Smartphone Alerts During Atrial Fibrillation Episodes with Implantable Cardiac Monitors and Wearable Devices: SMART-ALERT study.” Heart Rhythm 2025 Apr 15:S1547-5271(25)02331-8.


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DATASETS:
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Chapter 3

Excel file contains the data to generate the forest plots for Figures 2 and 4.

Chapter 4

Excel file contains the data of the 9 UK centres and was used to generate the Central Figure and Figures 1-3 and all figures in the supplementary appendix

Chapter 5.

Excel file contains the master data of the 3 UK centres and was used to generate all figures from the WEAR-TECH study

Chapter 6

Excel file contains the master data of used to generate all figures from the SMART-ALERT study.

Geographic location of data collection: Oxford University Hospital and University of Southampton, U.K.

Date of data collection 2022-01-01 to 2025-04-30

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SHARING THE DATA
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Dataset available under a CC BY 4.0 licence


Publisher: University of Southampton, U.K.


Date: February 2019