AIM To perform visualization analysis on paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) and to assess the advantages and disadvantages of traditional ECG monitoring techniques (pulse palpation, electrocardiogram, etc.) and the new wearable dynamic ECG monitoring recorder in detecting PAF patients.
METHODS CiteSpace software was used for co-occurrence analysis of authors, countries, institutions and keywords, and relevant visualization maps were drawn. The relevant literature from 2014 to 2020 included in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-X) in Web of Science (WOS) was used as the data basis.
RESULTS A total of 1679 documents were retrieved, with an average annual volume of more than 239 articles. The high-yielding countries were the United States, Japan and Germany, of which the United States had a dominant advantage in this field. The most productive institutions were Tokyo Medical University, Askepios Klin St Georg and Shanghai Jiaotong University. KARLHEUINZ KUCK, the author with highest volume of articles, had an important influence. Hot keywords were atrial fibrillation, catheter ablation, pulmonary vein isolation, and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, etc. The predicted development trend may focus on the increase in the diagnosis rate of PAF, the best treatment strategy for patients, the complications before and after treatment, and the quality of life in later stages.
CONCLUSION The application of CiteSpace for PAF measurement analysis is still relatively popular, which reveals countries and institutions for cooperation and provides topics for further research. By comparison, the traditional ECG monitoring technology has more defects for PAF detection and the new wearable dynamic ECG monitoring recorder has certain potentials.
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