Screening for undiagnosed atrial fibrillation using a single-lead electrocardiogram at primary care visits: patient uptake and practitioner perspectives from the VITAL-AF trial

BACKGROUND: Screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) is appealing because AF is common, when undiagnosed may increase stroke risk, and stroke is preventable with anticoagulants. This study assessed patient and primary care practitioner (PCP) acceptability of screening for AF using a 30-s single-lead e...

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Autores principales: Atlas, Steven J., Ashburner, Jeffrey M., Chang, Yuchiao, Borowsky, Leila H., Ellinor, Patrick T., McManus, David D., Lubitz, Steven A., Singer, Daniel E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10311748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37391738
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12875-023-02087-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10311748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37391738
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12875-023-02087-5

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