Screening for atrial fibrillation

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Zhenisgul Tlegenova 1, Gulmira Kudaiberdieva 2, Bekbolat Zholdin 1, Ayan Abdrakhmanov 3
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1 No 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Marat Ospanov West Kazakhstan State Medical University, Aktobe, Republic of Kazakhstan
2 Center of Postgraduate Education and Research, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
3 Interventional Arrhythmology Department, National Research Cardiac Surgery Center, Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan
J CLIN MED KAZ, Volume 1, Issue 47, pp. 18-24. https://doi.org/10.23950/1812-2892-JCMK-00542
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ABSTRACT

Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia that physicians face in their clinical practice. Atrial fibrillation is associated with a higher risk of thromboembolic events, all-cause mortality, frequent hospitalizations, decreased quality of life. Early detection of atrial fibrillation is important for optimal management and improvement the prognosis of atrial fibrillation patients. Evidence on new methods of atrial fibrillation screening discussed in this review, allows considering them more accurate than simple pulse palpation.
Keywords: atrial fibrillation, stroke, screening, electrocardiogram

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Tlegenova Z, Kudaiberdieva G, Zholdin B, Abdrakhmanov A. Screening for atrial fibrillation. Journal of Clinical Medicine of Kazakhstan. 2018;1(47):18-24. https://doi.org/10.23950/1812-2892-JCMK-00542

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