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"first symptom of their Afib will be sudden death" - citation? It's clearly possible, as is the risk of death from pulmonary embolism after flying on a plane -
by ghufran_syed 8y ago
"first symptom of their Afib will be sudden death" - citation?
It's clearly possible, as is the risk of death from pulmonary embolism after flying on a plane - but that doesn't mean that we should screen all flyers for pulmonary embolism.
This site has a useful risk calculator for risk of complications of a-fib:
http://www.zunis.org/FHS%20Afib%20Risk%20Calculator.htm http://www.zunis.org/FHS%20Afib%20Risk%20Calculator.htm