Randomised controlled trial of population screening for atrial fibrillation in people aged 70 years and over to reduce stroke: protocol for the SAFER trial

Jonathan Mant; Rakesh N Modi; Andrew Dymond; Natalie Armstrong; Jenni Burt; Peter Calvert; Martin Cowie; Wern Yew Ding; Duncan Edwards; Ben Freedman; Simon J Griffin; Sarah Hoare; F D Richard Hobbs; Rachel Johnson; Stephen Kaptoge; Gregory Y H Lip; Trudie Lobban; Mark Lown; Jenny Lund; Richard J McManus; Mark T Mills; Stephen Morris; Alison Powell; Riccardo Proietti; Stephen Sutton; Mike Sweeting; Howard Thom; Kate Williams

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082047

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Randomised controlled trial of population screening for atrial fibrillation in people aged 70 years and over to reduce stroke: protocol for the SAFER trial

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Jonathan Mant Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rakesh N Modi Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Andrew Dymond Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Natalie Armstrong Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jenni Burt THIS Labs, Cambridge, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Peter Calvert Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Martin Cowie School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences, King's College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Wern Yew Ding Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Duncan Edwards Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ben Freedman Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Simon J Griffin Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge Primary Care Unit, Cambridge, UK MRC Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sarah Hoare Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge Primary Care Unit, Cambridge, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
F D Richard Hobbs Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rachel Johnson University of Bristol, Bristol, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stephen Kaptoge Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gregory Y H Lip Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK Danish Centre for Health Services Research, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Trudie Lobban Arrhythmia Alliance and AF Association, Stratford upon Avon, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mark Lown School of Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jenny Lund Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health & Primary Care, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Richard J McManus Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mark T Mills Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stephen Morris Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge Primary Care Unit, Cambridge, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alison Powell THIS Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Riccardo Proietti Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stephen Sutton Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge Primary Care Unit, Cambridge, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mike Sweeting Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Howard Thom University of Bristol, Bristol, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kate Williams Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
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Correspondence to Dr Rakesh N Modi; rnm30{at}medschl.cam.ac.uk

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Mant J, Modi RN, Dymond A, et al

Randomised controlled trial of population screening for atrial fibrillation in people aged 70 years and over to reduce stroke: protocol for the SAFER trial

BMJ Open 2024;14:e082047. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082047

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Received November 13, 2023
Accepted March 1, 2024
First published April 25, 2024.

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April 25, 2024

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