Saturday 13 September 2014

Awareness Campaign in General Practice Identifies New Cases of Atrial Fibrillation

A simple awareness campaign in general practice identifies new cases of atrial fibrillation (AF), claims research presented at ESC Congress by Professor Jean-Marc Davy from France. Professor Davy said: "Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia. It multiplies the risk of heart failure risk by three-fold and the risk of stroke risk by five-fold. Similarly, AF is responsible for ischaemic stroke in 1 of 4 cases. However, AF is often overlooked ...

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