Calendar

24 – 26 April

SFAM, Swedish Congress for General Practitioners, Uppsala, Sweden

6 May

Kardiologisten hoitajien koulutuspäivät (Training days for cardiologist nurses), Jyväskylä, Finland

14 – 16 May

Vitalis, Gothenburg, Sweden

16 – 17 May

Kliinisen fysiologian hoitajien koulutuspäivät, Helsinki, Finland

14 – 15 June

AEPC Teaching Course on Paediatric Arrhythmias, Helsinki, Finland

First patients included in the STROKESTOP 2 study

In April the first patients were included in the STROKESTOP 2 study. The aim of the study is to prevent stroke by screening for silent Atrial Fibrillation with Zenicor thumb-ECG and to initiate stroke preventive treatment. The study will include all 75 and 76 year old citizens in Stockholm.

The study will be concluded during 2017 and will serve as an important base for the decision on how a national screening program for atrial fibrillation could be implemented.

Read more about the study http://www.strokestop2.se(in Swedish), www.sverigesradio.se/ (in Swedish)  and www.clinicaltrials.gov/