Population screening for atrial fibrillation to prevent stroke

Nicole Lowres¹, Ben Freedman²

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¹ Heart Research Institute, Charles Perkins Centre, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: nicole.lowres@sydney.edu.au.
² Heart Research Institute, Charles Perkins Centre, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Department of Cardiology, Concord Hospital, Concord Clinical School, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

PMID: 34469759
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01750-5

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Population screening for atrial fibrillation to prevent stroke

Nicole Lowres et al. Lancet. 2021.

. 2021 Oct 23;398(10310):1463-1465.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01750-5. Epub 2021 Aug 29.

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Nicole Lowres¹, Ben Freedman²

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¹ Heart Research Institute, Charles Perkins Centre, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: nicole.lowres@sydney.edu.au.
² Heart Research Institute, Charles Perkins Centre, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Department of Cardiology, Concord Hospital, Concord Clinical School, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

PMID: 34469759
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01750-5

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[No authors listed] [No authors listed] Lancet. 2021 Oct 23;398(10310):1486. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02006-7. Lancet. 2021. PMID: 34688367 No abstract available.

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Clinical outcomes in systematic screening for atrial fibrillation (STROKESTOP): a multicentre, parallel group, unmasked, randomised controlled trial.
Svennberg E, Friberg L, Frykman V, Al-Khalili F, Engdahl J, Rosenqvist M. Svennberg E, et al. Lancet. 2021 Oct 23;398(10310):1498-1506. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01637-8. Epub 2021 Aug 29. Lancet. 2021. PMID: 34469764 Clinical Trial.

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