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Screening for Atrial Fibrillation using Economical and accurate TechnologY (SAFETY)—a pilot study

INTRODUCTION: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a cause of stroke and a marker of atherosclerosis and of all patients with stroke, around 17% have AF. The screening and treatment of AF could prevent about 12% of all strokes. Several relatively low-cost devices with good accuracy now exist which can detect...

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Autores principales: Lown, Mark, Yue, Arthur, Lewith, George, Little, Paul, Moore, Mike
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5253592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28087552
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013535