Should we screen for atrial fibrillation?
Should we screen for atrial fibrillation?
Current evidence is sufficient to justify a national screening programme, argues Mark Lown, but Patrick Moran thinks there are too many unanswered questions and evidence from randomised trials is needed to avoid overdiagnosis.
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Lown, Mark
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Moran, Patrick
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Lown, Mark
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Moran, Patrick
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Lown, Mark and Moran, Patrick
(2019)
Should we screen for atrial fibrillation?
BMJ, 364 (143), .
(doi:10.1136/bmj.l43).
Abstract
Current evidence is sufficient to justify a national screening programme, argues Mark Lown, but Patrick Moran thinks there are too many unanswered questions and evidence from randomised trials is needed to avoid overdiagnosis.
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Accepted/In Press date: 11 January 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 13 February 2019
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/428519
ISSN: 0959-8138
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