23rd July 2020

You are working in General Practice and are called by the nurse to see an 82-year-old gentleman who has had an incidental finding on an ECG of an irregularly irregular cardiac rhythm

You are working in General Practice and are called by the nurse to see an 82-year-old gentleman who has had an incidental finding on an ECG of an irregularly irregular cardiac rhythm. He says he has been fit and well but came in today because doing the gardening this morning he had a short-lived loss of vision in his left eye. He describes the loss of vision as a ‘curtain coming down’ before slowly recovering. What is the most appropriate action for this patient?

Select the SINGLE most appropriate option from the list below. Select ONE option only.