Opportunistic screening for atrial fibrillation in a rural area

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 539-543

  Smyth, B ^a   Marsden, P ^b   Corcoran, R ^a   Walsh, R ^c   Brennan, C ^b   McSharry, K ^d   Clarke, J ^d   Kelly, P J ^e   Harbison, J ^f  

^a National Clinical Programme for Stroke   (Ireland)

^b National Clinical Programme for Stroke   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^d HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^e National Clinical Programme for Older People   (Ireland)

^f TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RECORDING; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; AMBULATORY ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; IRELAND; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RURAL POPULATION; WARFARIN;

EID: 85011029432     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcw011     Document Type: Article

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