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14 Primary care based opportunistic screening for atrial fibrillation increases detection rates
Introduction: Atrial fibrillation (AF) remains a leading cause of ischaemic stroke despite the availability of effective medications. A major hurdle for effective management is often the asymptomatic nature of AF. Improved diagnosis and management has potential significant benefits for individual patients and economically for our health service due to the expensive nature of stroke care. In conjunction with Hounslow Cardiovascular Clinical Network (a collaborative of primary, secondary, community care and patient groups) and the NIHR CLAHRC Northwest London, we set out to improve the detection, quality of care and outcomes...
Source: Europace - October 5, 2017 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research