Patients without comorbidities at the time of diagnosis of atrial fibrillation: causes of death during long ‐term follow‐up compared to matched controls

ConclusionsIn patients with incident AF and no known comorbidities at the time of AF diagnosis, only cardiovascular diseases were more often causes of death as compared to controls. Women carried a significantly higher relative risk than men.

Source: Clinical Cardiology - August 25, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Tommy Andersson, Anders Magnuson, Ing ‐Liss Bryngelsson, Ole Frøbert, Karin M. Henriksson, Nils Edvardsson, Dritan Poçi Tags: CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS Source Type: research