Comparative Evaluation of Consumer Wearable Devices for Atrial Fibrillation Detection: Validation Study

Femke Wouters   ^{1, 2 *} , MSc ;   Henri Gruwez   ^{1, 2, 3, 4 *} , MD, PhD ;   Christophe Smeets   ^{1, 2} , MSc, PhD ;   Anessa Pijalovic   ² , MSc ;   Wouter Wilms   ² , MSc ;   Julie Vranken   ^{1, 2} , MSc ;   Zoë Pieters   ⁵ , MSc, PhD ;   Hugo Van Herendael   ³ , MD ;   Dieter Nuyens   ³ , MD, PhD, Prof Dr ;   Maximo Rivero-Ayerza   ³ , MD, PhD ;   Pieter Vandervoort   ^{1, 2, 3} , MD, PhD, Prof Dr ;   Peter Haemers   ⁴ , MD, PhD, Prof Dr ;   Laurent Pison   ^{1, 3} , MD, PhD, Prof Dr

¹ Limburg Clinical Research Center/Mobile Health Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium

² Department Future Health, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium

³ Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium

⁴ Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

⁵ Data Science Institute, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium

*these authors contributed equally