A randomised controlled trial and cost effectiveness study of systematic screening (targeted and total population screening) versus routine practice for the detection of atrial fibrillation in the over 65s: (SAFE) [ISRCTNI9633732]

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Swancutt, Dawn ^a   Hobbs, Richard ^a   Fitzmaurice, David ^a   Mant, Jonathan ^a   Murray, Ellen ^a   Jowett, Sue ^a   Raftery, James ^a   Bryan, Stirling ^a   Davies, Michael ^b   Lip, Gregory ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UNITED KINGDOM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MASS SCREENING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SAMPLE SIZE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 13144290145     PISSN: 14712261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-4-12     Document Type: Article

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