Screening for untreated atrial fibrillation in the elderly population: A community-based study.
Keitaro SenooArito YukawaTakashi OhkuraKeisuke ShojiMasao TakigamiHibiki IwakoshiTetsuro NishimuraMitsuko NakataSatoshi TeramukaiSatoaki MatobaPublished in: PloS one (2022)
A moderate number of untreated AF were identified in the community-based study. Identification of an increased number of patients with AF, if properly treated with DOAC, ultimately leads to a reduction in the number of strokes occurred over subjects' lifetime.