The most reliable detection of atrial fibrillation (AF) during blood pressure measurements at home.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) causes high risk of stroke [1] . Approximately 40% of AF patients have no symptoms [2] so that many of them are diagnosed by coincidence when hospitalized for other reasons [3] , including stroke [4, 5] .
Who is affected? AF is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia occurring in 5% of the population of 65 years and older and in 14% older than 85 years. AF leads to a 5-fold higher risk of stroke and is responsible for 20% of all strokes. Many people have no symptoms from AF and therefore remain undiagnosed. Early detection of AF followed by adequate treatment can reduce the risk of a stroke by 68%. [6-8]