Engagement of atrial fibrillation patients with the AF-EduApp, a new mobile application to support AF management.

Introduction: A multidisciplinary approach is needed for the management of atrial fibrillation (AF) in which the patient has a central role. Smart devices create opportunities to improve AF management. This paper aimed to evaluate the in-house developed AF-EduApp application on its usability, satisfaction, and communication effectiveness with the care team.

The HeDiCom framework: Higher Education teachers' digital competencies for the future.

There is little consensus about the nature of teachers' digital competencies in Higher Education. Moreover, existing digital competence frameworks have largely been developed for teachers in secondary education. In response to this, the current study focuses on developing and validating a framework of digital competencies for teachers in Higher Education.

Measuring clinical pathway adherence.

As clinical pathway adoption continues worldwide, it is necessary to establish adherence measurement methods in order to understand the difficulties and results of implementation. Adherence measurement literature mostly provides binary measurements of adherence to guidelines regarding individual medical activities over patient groups. The resulting measurements are of limited value in view of the pathways actually followed by individual patients.

Coronary microvascular dysfunction after myocardial infarction: increased coronary zero flow pressure both in the infarcted and in the remote myocardium is mainly related to left ventricular filling pressure.

Objective: To investigate the underlying mechanisms of a decreased coronary flow reserve after myocardial infarction (MI) by analysing the characteristics of the diastolic hyperaemic coronary pressure-flow relationship.

Design: Prospective study.

Setting: Tertiary care hospital.

Quantitative coronary arteriography on digital flat-panel system.

On images acquired with a digital flat-panel (DFP) detector, known for its better image quality, the performance of a validated quantitative coronary arteriography (QCA) software, CAASII (Cardiovascular Angiography Analysis System or CAAS), and a DFP-dedicated QCA algorithm (flat-panel analysis software or FPAS) was compared in a phantom and a patient study. On phantom, FPAS performed with higher accuracy the quantification of the smallest tubes and the calibration of an empty catheter. The overall accuracy and precision for the quantification procedure was better for FPAS (0.