Do markers of systemic inflammation predict the incidence of atrial fibrillation in women without a history of cardiovascular disease?
Systemic inflammation is independently associated with the development of atrial fibrillation in women without prior cardiovascular disease.
In this large-scale prospective study among women without a history of cardiovascular disease, markers of systemic inflammation were significantly related to AF even after controlling for traditional risk factors.
Conen et al. (Tue,) studied this question.
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