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dc.contributor.author | CLAES, Neree | - |
dc.contributor.author | Goethals, M. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Goethals, P. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Mairesse, Georges H. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Schwagten, B. | - |
dc.contributor.author | NUYENS, Dirk | - |
dc.contributor.author | SCHROOTEN, Ward | - |
dc.contributor.author | VIJGEN, Johan | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-01-24T08:17:45Z | - |
dc.date.available | NO_RESTRICTION | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-01-24T08:17:45Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | EuroPRevent, Geneva, Switzerland, 14-16 April, 2011 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/13076 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Purpose: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in clinical practice. The estimated prevalence is 0.4-1% in the general population, increasing with age to 8% in those older than 80y - . Epidemiological data of this arrhythmia in Belgium are scarce. It is important to screen for AF because patients with AF have a 5 times more risk for an ischemic stroke . The CHA2DS2-VASscore calculates the risk for stroke in those patients, a score ≥2 necessitate a therapy with anticoagulants. Methods: Patients above 40 years were invited through different channels (TV, radio, journals, website, posters, leaflets) for a free screening in 69 hospitals allocated over Belgium during one week. After filling in a question on their personal history of AF, they had to fill in a questionnaire about their CHAD2-score. Afterwards a one channel ECG was taken using a versatile Heart Scan Device (Omron HCG-801-E©) by a trained nurse or a physician. If the ECG was positive for AF the patient was referred to their physician for follow-up. An Access database was constructed to collect the data and statistics were done in SPSS. Results: 11.550 patients were screened. 38% are male and 62% are female with a mean age of 59y (+/-SD 11). 860 patients declared a history of AF (7.4%), 10.188 had no history of AF and in 502 the history was missing. 229 (1.9%) of the total population had AF on the one lead ECG where 148 were newly detected. According the CHADS2 68 patients had a score of 0, 70 of 1 and 91 of ≥2. For the CHA2DS2-VASscore the distribution was as follows: 14 patients with 0, 46 with 1 and 169 with ≥2. Conclusion: Screening campaigns are feasible and able to detect 2% of patients with AF. A significant proportion of these patients are at risk for trombo-embolic event. | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.title | Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in clinical practice | - |
dc.type | Conference Material | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.conferencedate | 14-16 April, 2011 | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.conferencename | EuroPRevent | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.conferenceplace | Geneva, Switzerland | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.jcat | C2 | - |
local.type.refereed | Refereed | - |
local.type.specified | Paper | - |
item.contributor | CLAES, Neree | - |
item.contributor | Goethals, M. | - |
item.contributor | Goethals, P. | - |
item.contributor | Mairesse, Georges H. | - |
item.contributor | Schwagten, B. | - |
item.contributor | NUYENS, Dirk | - |
item.contributor | SCHROOTEN, Ward | - |
item.contributor | VIJGEN, Johan | - |
item.accessRights | Closed Access | - |
item.fullcitation | CLAES, Neree; Goethals, M.; Goethals, P.; Mairesse, Georges H.; Schwagten, B.; NUYENS, Dirk; SCHROOTEN, Ward & VIJGEN, Johan (2011) Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in clinical practice. In: EuroPRevent, Geneva, Switzerland, 14-16 April, 2011. | - |
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