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In Germany alone, atrial fibrillation causes 40.000 strokes per year. It also accelerates the progress of the vascular dementia. Atrial fibrillation is the leading single risk factor for stroke.
In the beginning, atrial fibrillation is mostly paroxysmal, which makes it difficult to diagnose. More than 300.000 undetected cases probably exist in Germany.
Atrial fibrillation is drastically under diagnosed and is a challenge for primary prevention., especially as the risk for stroke ist he same with permanent or paroxysmal fibrillation. Detection of atrial fibrillation in tieme is therefore essential for prevention of stroke and vascular dementia through inhibition of blood coagulation. Other cardiac arrhythmia have to be assessed by a cardiologist. They could be completely harmless but also be a hint for other cardiac risks.
Latest mathematical analysis tools disclose information from the ECG which will not be visible by conventional methods or by eye. An intelligent combination of several such mathematical tools has been used by the apoplex medical technologies research to develop the SRA. As the SRA does not depend on fibrillation episodes, the result is a clear increase in the sensitivity for the identification of patients suffering from paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
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