Incidence of clinical atrial fibrillation and related complications using a screening algorithm at a nationwide level.
Antoine RogerYves CottinSid Ahmed BentounesArnaud BissonAlexandre BodinJulien HerbertBaptiste MailleMarianne ZellerJean Claude DeharoGregory Yoke Hong LipLaurent FauchierPublished in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2023)
These findings at a nationwide scale confirm the relevance of the subgroups in the EHRA algorithm for identifying a higher risk of AF incidence, showing that older patients (>75 years, regardless of comorbidities) have a higher incidence of AF than those with prior ischaemic stroke. Further studies are needed to evaluate the usefulness of algorithm-based risk stratification strategies for AF screening and the impact of screening on major cardiovascular event rates.