Predicting Spontaneous Termination of Atrial Fibrillation Based on Analysis of Standard Electrocardiograms: A Systematic Review.

Background: Forward prediction of atrial fibrillation (AF) termination is a challenging technical problem of increasing significance due to rising AF presentations to emergency departments worldwide. The ability to non-invasively predict which AF episodes will terminate has important implications in terms of clinical decision-making surrounding treatment and admission, with subsequent impacts on hospital capacity and the economic cost of AF hospitalizations.

Methods And Results: MEDLINE, EMCare, CINAHL, CENTRAL, and SCOPUS were searched on 29 July 2023 for articles where an attempt to predict AF termination was made using standard surface ECG recordings.