Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation and Relationship With Cardiovascular Events, Heart Failure, and Mortality (Netherlands)

This study investigated the incidence of AF in a contemporary cohort in the Netherlands, together with comorbidities associated with AF and associations of AF with cardiovascular outcomes.

In 8265 participants of the Dutch Prevention of Renal and Vascular End-stage Disease (PREVEND) study in Groningenm The Netherlands, incident AF was ascertained on hospital – and study electrocardiograms.
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