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. 2019 Dec 17;18(4):533–545. doi: 10.1007/s40258-019-00542-y

Table 3.

Lifetime health outcomes

Clinical outcome No screening ECG 12-lead Z14
Screening related outcomes
Number of AF detections 779 833 1034
Screening yield 0 0.72% 3.44%
Percentage of AF cases detected 0 1.86% 8.93%
Thromboembolic events
Ischemic stroke 1105.34 1095.54 1063.11
Myocardial infarction 260.88 259.64 254.48
Systemic embolism 55.41 54.87 52.71
Other cardiovascular hospitalization 2088.85 2092.70 2103.60
Bleeding events
Hemorrhagic stroke 22.27 23.67 28.99
Other intracranial hemorrhage 6.85 7.35 9.24
Other major bleeds 815 820 838
Clinically relevant non-major bleeds 184 197 245
Life years
Quality adjusted life years 69,994 70,025 70,125

AF atrial fibrillation, ECG electrocardiogram, Z14 Zenicor screening for 14 days

Note: results are from a cohort of 10,000 patients 75 years of age followed for a lifetime who were screened for AF with the reported strategy at age 75 years