Why the study?
What are the risk factors for developing atrial fibrillation or flutter in patients with hyperthyroidism?
What are the risk factors for developing atrial fibrillation or flutter in patients with hyperthyroidism?
In patients with hyperthyroidism, male sex, older age, and underlying cardiovascular diseases (ischemic heart disease, heart failure, valve disease) increase the risk of developing atrial fibrillation or flutter.
May inform AF risk stratification in hyperthyroidism; hypothesis-generating for targeted screening trials.
Male sex, increasing age, ischemic heart disease, congestive heart failure, and heart valve disease are associated with an increased risk of atrial fibrillation or flutter in patients with hyperthyroidism.
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Frost et al. (2004) studied this question.
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