Screening for atrial fibrillation - why and how?

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr. Johan Engdahl from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He is an expert on screening for atrial fibrillation, and wrote a recent editorial on this subject for Heart http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2016/08/26/heartjnl-2016-309993.full?sid=32fe2dc0-839f-4ca4-8ed0-0c7360d674a1.

They discuss the reasons for AF screening, whom to target and how to do it - including using your smartphone!