EARLY: A pilot study on early diagnosis of atrial fibrillation in a primary healthcare centre

Europace

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1688-1693

  Benito, Luisa ^a,b   Coll Vinent, Blanca ^a,c   Gómez, Eva ^a,b   Martí, David ^a,b   Mitjavila, Joan ^a,b   Torres, Ferran ^a,b   Miró, Òscar ^a,c   Sisó, Antoni ^a,b   Mont, Lluís ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CAPSBE Les Corts Barcelona   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Early diagnosis; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PALPATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URBAN PO; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84950315933     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euv146     Document Type: Article

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