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Implementation of Artificial Intelligence for Predicting Atrial Fibrillation – A Review Cover

Implementation of Artificial Intelligence for Predicting Atrial Fibrillation – A Review

Journal of Cardiovascular Emergencies
Volume 11 (2025): Issue 4 (December 2025)
By: Renáta Gerculy,  Emanuel Blîndu and  Theodora Benedek  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jce-2025-0021 | Journal eISSN: 2457-5518 | Journal ISSN: 2457-550X
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Language: English
Page range: 124 - 129
Submitted on: Jul 9, 2025
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Accepted on: Nov 26, 2025
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Published on: Dec 27, 2025
Published by: Asociatia Transilvana de Terapie Transvasculara si Transplant KARDIOMED
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
artificial intelligence,
machine learning,
atrial fibrillation,
computed tomography
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Internal medicine,
Cardiology,
Emergency medicine and intensive-care medicine,
Radiology

© 2025 Renáta Gerculy, Emanuel Blîndu, Theodora Benedek, published by Asociatia Transilvana de Terapie Transvasculara si Transplant KARDIOMED
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