Why the study?
Does parental AF increase the risk of developing new-onset AF in offspring?
Population
2243 offspring at least 30 years of age and free of AF whose parents had both been evaluated in the original…
Comparison
At least 1 parent with documented atrial… vs No parental atrial fibrillation (AF)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1983-2002
Authors
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May support family history in offspring AF risk assessment; extends heritability evidence yet remains hypothesis-generating.
Does parental AF increase the risk of developing new-onset AF in offspring?
Parental atrial fibrillation significantly increases the risk of developing AF in offspring, indicating a strong genetic susceptibility to the dysrhythmia.
Caroline S. Fox (2004) studied this question.
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