Uptake of atrial fibrillation screening aiming at stroke prevention: geo-mapping of target population and non-participation

In a screening study for silent atrial fibrillation (AF), which is a frequent source of cardiac emboli with ischemic stroke, the proportion of non-participants was considerable and their clinical profile differed from the participants’profile. We intended to geo-map the target population…

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