50 year trends in atrial fibrillation prevalence, incidence, risk factors, and mortality in the Framingham Heart Study: a cohort study

Comprehensive long-term data on atrial fibrillation trends in men and women are scant. We aimed to provide such data through analysis of the Framingham cohort over 50 years. We investigated trends in incidence, prevalence, and risk factors for atrial fibrillation and its association with stroke and...

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Published in:	The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 386; no. 9989; pp. 154 - 162
Main Authors:	Schnabel, Renate B, Yin, Xiaoyan, Gona, Philimon, Larson, Martin G, Beiser, Alexa S, McManus, David D, Newton-Cheh, Christopher, Lubitz, Steven A, Magnani, Jared W, Ellinor, Patrick T, Seshadri, Sudha, Wolf, Philip A, Vasan, Ramachandran S, Benjamin, Emelia J, Levy, Daniel
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 11.07.2015 Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Age Distribution Aged Aged, 80 and over Atrial Fibrillation - epidemiology Atrial Fibrillation - etiology Cardiac arrhythmia Cardiology Cohort Studies Electrocardiography Female Humans Incidence Internal Medicine Male Middle Aged Mortality Mortality - trends Prevalence Risk Factors Sex Distribution Stroke - epidemiology Stroke - etiology Trends United States - epidemiology United States
ISSN:	0140-6736, 1474-547X, 1474-547X
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