Community-based asymptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF) detection using hand held echocardiograms (ECGs)
Clinical champion: Piers Clifford, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Objectives:
- Increase early identification and diagnosis of AF and other potentially detect heart rhythm conditions
- Improve quality of care for identified patients through appropriate treatment and medical intervention
- Prevent newly diagnosed AF patient suffering stroke at a later date
- Raising general awareness of AF and supporting heart charities’ fundraising
Partners:
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Chiltern Clinical Commissioning Group
- Stroke Association