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[...] Atrial fibrillation is the most common heart rhythm disorder. One in four middle-aged adults in Europe and the US will develop atrial fibrillation. 2 It causes 20-30% of all strokes and raises the risk of premature death, but outlook improves dramatically with oral anticoagulation therapy. Undiagnosed atrial fibrillation is common and many patients remain untreated. Opportunistic screening is recommended in over-65s, but has time, logistical, and resource demands.
DIGITAL-AF examined the feasibility and effectiveness of screening for atrial fibrillation with a smartphone app medically certified in the EU to detect the condition. The app was made freely available by publishing an access token in a local newspaper. Within 48 hours, 12,328 adults had scanned the token and enrolled in the study.
Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180825081735.htm
(Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Wednesday August 29 2018, @05:52PM
I suppose the other thing to note is that in AFib you've still got gravity working on your side and thus the atria do not have to work as hard - even if compression isn't complete an amount of blood will still drain down into the ventricles. The only job of the atria is to pass the blood to the ventricles. But the Ventricles are both fighting gravity and having to push that blood volume through both the respiratory system and the remainder of your body/exterior of your heart. Atria set up the work for the ventricles to do their job. That's why ventricular fibrilations are generally more serious and why your ventricles are massively muscled compared to your atria.
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