Re:Heading to a cardiologist
by ghufran_syed on Saturday December 08, 2018 @07:43PM
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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 - but that doesn't mean that we should screen all flyers for pulmonary embolism.
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