A randomised controlled trial and cost effectiveness study of systematic screening (targeted and total population screening) versus routine practice for the detection of atrial fibrillation in the over 65s: (SAFE) [ISRCTN19633732]

BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) has been recognised as an important independent risk factor for thromboembolic disease, particularly stroke for which it provides a five-fold increase in risk. This study aimed to determine the baseline prevalence and the incidence of AF based on a variety of scr...

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Autores principales: Swancutt, Dawn, Hobbs, Richard, Fitzmaurice, David, Mant, Jonathan, Murray, Ellen, Jowett, Sue, Raftery, James, Bryan, Stirling, Davies, Michael, Lip, Gregory
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC509245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15283871
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-4-12

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