New publication: Sex-based and age-based differences in participation in an in-hospital atrial fibrillation screening study: a prospective cohort study in Switzerland
This study looked at how likely different groups of hospital patients were to take part in a research study that screened for atrial fibrillation (AF)—a common heart rhythm disorder that can increase the risk of stroke.
The researchers evaluated over 11,000 patients aged 65 to 84 years in a hospital in >