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Heart 79:50-55 doi:10.1136/hrt.79.1.50
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Screening for atrial fibrillation in primary care

Table 4

Reasons given for primary care physician withholding warfarin (n = 27)

n
Patient wishes 9
Multiple medical problems 3
Dementia 2
Monitoring and compliance problems 2
Housebound 2
Frailty/extreme age 2
Recurrent anaemia 1
Subdural haematoma 1
Aortic aneurysm 1
Recurrent epistaxis 1
Recurrent falls 1
Epilepsy 1
Alcoholism 1

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