Echocardiographic Risk Assessment to Guide Screening for Atrial Fibrillation

Although atrial fibrillation (AF) is a significant population health burden, and an avoidable cause of stroke, AF screening remains controversial. The aim of this study was to investigate whether coincidental echocardiography could provide information about patients at risk for AF.

Source: Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography - September 30, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Satish Ramkumar, Ayame Ochi, Hiroshi Kawakami, Hong Yang, Elizabeth L. Potter, Nicholas D'Elia, Tomoko Negishi, Kazuaki Negishi, Thomas H. Marwick Tags: Clinical Investigation Source Type: research