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Does new-onset atrial fibrillation increase the risk of mortality in initially healthy women?
Does new-onset atrial fibrillation increase the risk of mortality in initially healthy women?
In initially healthy women, developing new-onset atrial fibrillation is independently associated with increased all-cause, cardiovascular, and noncardiovascular mortality.
New-onset AF may flag higher mortality risk in healthy women; extends prior associations but remains hypothesis-generating pending trials.
Among a group of healthy women, new-onset AF was independently associated with all-cause, cardiovascular, and noncardiovascular mortality, with some of the risk potentially explained by nonfatal cardiovascular events.
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