The prevalence of atrial fibrillation in an urban Indian population was found to be low (0.2%), primarily driven by rheumatic heart disease, with significant underuse of guideline-directed stroke prophylaxis.
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Community AF screening is feasible in urban India; leaves open true prevalence and prophylaxis optimization.
Saggu et al. (2016) studied this question.
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