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Does the presence of mitral annular calcification predict incident atrial fibrillation?
Does the presence of mitral annular calcification predict incident atrial fibrillation?
Cardiac CT detection of mitral annular calcification may be useful to identify individuals at risk for incident atrial fibrillation.
MAC on CT may flag higher AF risk; leaves open incremental value for prediction or screening.
The presence of MAC was predictive of incident AF in MESA. Potentially, these findings suggest a usefulness of cardiac CT to identify individuals at risk for AF.
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