Asymptomatic atrial fibrillation: The case for screening to prevent stroke

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 314, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 1911-1912

  Freedman, S Ben ^a,b,c   Lowres, Nicole ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

^c ANZAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSESSMENT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHA2DS2 VASC SCORE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HUMAN; NOTE; PALPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROGRAM COST EFFECTIVENESS; PULSE RATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); AGE; AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MASS SCREENING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MASS SCREENING; PULSE; STROKE;

EID: 84946780903     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.9846     Document Type: Note

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