Spontaneous termination of atrial fibrillation: a challenge from physionet and computers in cardiology 2004

The jifih annual FhysioNt.t/Ci)mputers in Cardioiogy Challenge asked if it is passible to predict if (or when) an episode of atrial $fibrillation (AF) will end spontaneously. We prepared a set of AF recordings including examples of both sustained and spontaneously terminating AF; transitions to sinus rhythm were not shown in these examples. We posted the recordings on PhysioNet, and invited participants to classifL them. Over twenty teams participated, and most were able to distinguish between sustained and spontaneously terminating AF with high accuracy.