Conditions such as coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation and heart failure affect millions of people worldwide.
Treatments are available that can prevent acute events, such as a stroke or acute heart failure, but systematic screening is not currently common practice
Conditions such as coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation and heart failure affect millions of people worldwide, causing a large number of deaths and increasing healthcare costs. A team of researchers led by Dr Amy Groenewegen, from the University Medical Centre Utrecht in the Netherlands, has developed a three-step screening process to detect conditions in high-risk people at an early stage.
Patients who scored above a specified threshold were given a physical examination by a practice nurse focused on signs of heart failure, as well as an ECG and blood test.
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