Augmented Reality, to find these AEDs.

Some genes increase risk of atrial fibrillation.

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We set up a website, and asked the crowd,

But where would be the nearest AED to help this patient?

And over 10,000 AEDs in the Netherlands already have been submitted.

This is a defibrillator, and this is a device that goes into a person to control their heart rhythm, and these have saved many lives.

It is a form of ventricular fibrillation (V Fib), not mechanical damage to the heart muscle or surrounding organs, and not the result of heart disease.

Nobody knew where the nearest lifesaving AED was to be obtained right now.

These might be courier services or cable guys, for instance, just to see whether the AED that is submitted is still in place.

The risk of emboli forming in idiopathic AF depends on other risk factors such as increasing age, hypertension, diabetes, recent heart failure, or previous stroke.