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EPISODE · Feb 14, 2019 · 21 MIN

Should we be screening for AF?

from Medicine and Science from The BMJ · host The BMJ

Current evidence is sufficient to justify a national screening programme, argues Mark Lown clinical lecturer at the University of Southampton, but Patrick Moran, senior research fellow in health economics at Trinity College Dublin, thinks there are too many unanswered questions and evidence from randomised trials is needed to avoid overdiagnosis Read the full debate: https://www.bmj.com/content/364/bmj.l43

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