Opportunistic detection of atrial fibrillation in subjects aged 65 years or older in primare care: A randomised clinical trial of efficacy. DOFA-AP study protocol

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Pérula De Torres, Luis Á ^a   Martínez Adell, Miguel Á ^b   González Blanco, Virginia ^c   Baena Díez, José M ^d   Martín Rioboó, Enrique ^a   Parras Rejano, Juan M ^a   González Lama, Jesús ^e   Martín Alvarez, Remedios ^f   Ruiz Moral, Roger ^a   Fernández García, Joséá ^a   Pérez Díaz, Modesto ^c   Ruiz De Castroviejo, Joaquin ^g   Pérula De Torres, Carlos ^a   Valero Martín, Antonio ^a   Roldán Villalobos, Ana ^a   Criado Larumbe, Margarita ^a   Burdoy Joaquín, Emili ^h   Coma Solé, Montserrat ^d   Cervera León, Mercè ⁱ   Cuixart Costa, Lluís ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b Centro de Salud Argentona   (Spain)

^c Servicio Andaluz de Salud   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^e Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba   (Spain)

^f CatSalut ^*  (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^h LHospitalet de Llobregat   (Spain)

ⁱ Centro de Salud Roger de Flor   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Opportunistic case finding; Primary care; Screening; Secondary prevention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULSE RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULSE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SPAIN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874109083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-13-106     Document Type: Article

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