A population screening programme for atrial fibrillation: a report from the Belgian Heart Rhythm Week screening programme — Marco Proietti (2016) | RDL Network
A population screening programme for atrial fibrillation: a report from the Belgian Heart Rhythm Week screening programme
Article 2016 en
Authors
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Marco Proietti
GM
Georges H. Mairesse
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Peter Goethals
Abstract
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In this Belgian national screening programme, prevalence of AF was 1.4%. The use of an ECG handheld machine is feasible to identify a significant number of new AF cases, most with a high thrombo-embolic risk. Given the low OAC use recorded, greater efforts in AF detection and treatment are urgently needed to reduce the burden of stroke associated with this common arrhythmia.
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