September 8, 1998CirculationOpen Access

Epidemiological and Mechanistic Studies of Atrial Fibrillation as a Basis for Treatment Strategies

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Why the study?

Does atrial fibrillation increase the mortality rate in a population cohort?

Structured PICO

Does atrial fibrillation increase the mortality rate in a population cohort?

Population

5209 residents of the Framingham cohort who originally enrolled in the population study, of which 621 developed atrial fibrillation during follow-up.

Intervention

Development of atrial fibrillation (exposure)

Comparator

No atrial fibrillation (implied by odds ratio comparison)

Outcome

Mortality rate / deathhard clinical

Limitations

Echocardiographic left atrial dimension was not available for analysis.

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Implication

Atrial fibrillation is independently associated with an increased risk of death in both men and women across all ages, even after adjusting for multiple cardiovascular risk factors.

Cite This Study

J. Thomas Bigger (1998) studied this question.

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Topics

Atrial fibrillation Persistent AF management AF ablation outcomes Anticoagulation in AF

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Implication

Atrial fibrillation is independently associated with an increased risk of death in both men and women across all ages, even after adjusting for multiple cardiovascular risk factors.

Epidemiological and Mechanistic Studies of Atrial Fibrillation as a Basis for Treatment Strategies

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Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

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Epidemiological and Mechanistic Studies of Atrial Fibrillation as a Basis for Treatment Strategies

Structured PICO

Limitations

Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

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