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Arteriosclerotic and hypertensive heart diseases caused almost 65% of atrial fibrillation cases, with an overall 17.9% incidence of embolic episodes across the 10-year cohort.
Observational (n=463)
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This retrospective review highlights that arteriosclerotic and hypertensive heart diseases are the primary etiologies of atrial fibrillation, which carries a significant risk of embolic events.
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Provides historical AF etiology and embolic data; leaves open relevance to modern risk-factor management and anticoagulation.
The hospital records of 463 patients with atrial fibrillation occurring over a 10‐year period at the Philadelphia General Hospital have been reviewed. The different etiologic factors have been determined, as well as some sexual and racial proportions. Criteria of the different groupings are explained, and some associated ECG‐findings reported. Arteriosclerotic and hypertensive heart diseases are responsible for atrial fibrillation in this study in almost 65% of the cases. The incidence of embolic episodes in the different etiologic groups is also compared. For the entire series the percentage was 17.9.
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Hans Åberg (1968) conducted an observational in Atrial fibrillation (n=463). Arteriosclerotic and hypertensive heart diseases was evaluated on Incidence of embolic episodes. Arteriosclerotic and hypertensive heart diseases caused almost 65% of atrial fibrillation cases, with an overall 17.9% incidence of embolic episodes across the 10-year cohort.
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