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The recent new NICE guidelines on Atrial Fibrillation suggest that the baseline prevalence for Atrial Fibrillation is...
Screening secondary care patients for atrial fibrillation: The SOS-AF service
service is called Screening and Optimising Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation (SOS-AF). All people admitted to...
Science Network (AHSN) Alliance for Atrial Fibrillation (AF) aims to reduce the number of people dying or disabled by...
Overprescribing of rivaroxaban in non-atrial fibrillation patients in primary care
prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in association with atrial fibrillation (AF) were excluded from the audit...
NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on the ThermoCool SmartTouch catheter for percutaneous radiofrequency ablation in atrial fibrillation
TactiCath Quartz catheter for percutaneous radiofrequency ablation in atrial fibrillation (MIB60)
NICE has developed a medtech innovation briefing (MIB) on the TactiCath Quartz catheter for percutaneous radiofrequency ablation in atrial fibrillation
implantable cardiac monitor (ICM) diagnostic pathway for the detection of atrial fibrillation in cryptogenic stroke during the COVID-19...
Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation (IPG168)
Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation. This involves inserting a catheter into the heart that produces heat to damage the nerves in the area with the abnormal elecritcal impulses.
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Evidence-based recommendations on dual-chamber pacemakers for treating symptomatic bradycardia caused by sick sinus syndrome without atrioventricular block.
post stroke after care pathways to help increase the detection of Atrial fibrillation (AF) in these people. This is in line...
Percutaneous balloon cryoablation for pulmonary vein isolation in atrial fibrillation (IPG427)
Evidence-based recommendations on percutaneous balloon cryoablation for pulmonary vein isolation in atrial fibrillation. This involves using a probe attached to a balloon catheter to freeze tissue in one of the chambers on the left side of the heart.
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This indicator covers the contractor establishing and maintaining a register of patients with atrial fibrillation, including patients with ‘AF resolved’. It measures outcomes that reflect the quality of care or processes linked by evidence to improved outcomes. This indicator was previously published as NM164
West Hampshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) used the GRASP-AF audit tool (GRASP-AF is part of the GRASP suite of...
Evidence-based recommendations on using dual-chamber pacemakers for symptomatic bradycardia due to sick sinus syndrome or atrioventricular block.
January 2017 Atrial Fibrillation (AF) has been recognised as one of the major causes of stroke, heart