The effect of a case-finding app on the detection rate of atrial fibrillation compared with opportunistic screening in primary care patients: protocol for a cluster randomized trial

BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation is a cardiac arrhythmia commonly encountered in a primary care setting. Current screening is limited to pulse palpation and ECG confirmation when an irregular pulse is found. Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation will, however, still be difficult to pick up. With the advent...

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Autores principales: Beerten, Simon Gabriël, Proesmans, Tine, Vaes, Bert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
Materias:
Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8351454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34372905
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05497-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8351454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34372905
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05497-x

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