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If you are a female under the age of 55 you may need to take a pregnancy test. The nurses will discuss this with you.
Around 800,000 people in the UK have AF – roughly 1 in every 100 and mostly aged 55 or over.
Where relevant, patients between 12 and 55 years will be asked to confirm their pregnancy status at their first appointment in the department.
Patients of child bearing potential, under the age of 55, will be asked to give a urine sample so that a pregnancy test can be carried out before treatment