Opportunistic Electrocardiogram Screening for Atrial Fibrillation to Prevent Stroke

JAMA Cardiol. 2019 Feb 1;4(2):91-92. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2018.4335.

Authors

Ben Freedman^{1

2}, Renate Schnabel^{2

3}, Hugh Calkins^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Heart Research Institute, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
² AF-SCREEN International Collaboration.
³ University Heart Center Hamburg/German Center for Cardiovascular Research, Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Luebeck, Hamburg, Germany.
⁴ Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

PMID: 30586142
DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2018.4335

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MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis
Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology*
Electrocardiography / methods*
Humans
Mass Screening / classification
Mass Screening / statistics & numerical data
Risk Factors
Stroke / prevention & control*