Publications by authors named "Elise Higgins"

Objective: Georgia's House Bill 481: The Living Infants Fairness and Equality Act (LIFE Act), which prohibits abortion after cardiac activity is detected, was signed into law on May 7, 2019. The bill's proponents framed the ban to protect the "unborn." However, less is known about the framing used by abortion rights supporters to oppose the bill in the context of social media.

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Background: Patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) often have a history of atrial fibrillation (AF) or will develop AF after device implant. Optimal management of ICD patients includes early diagnosis of AF and monitoring of AF burden. We evaluated the performance of an algorithm for monitoring AF in single-chamber ICDs.

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