50 year trends in atrial fibrillation prevalence, incidence, risk factors, and mortality in the Framingham Heart Study: a cohort study

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MedicineAtrial fibrillationFramingham Heart StudyIncidence (geometry)Framingham Risk ScoreInternal medicineCohortCohort studyStroke (engine)CardiologyDemographyPediatricsDisease

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Year: 2015
Type: article
Volume: 386
Issue: 9989
Pages: 154-162
Citations: 1659
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                                    Renate B. Schnabel, 
                                
                                    Xiaoyan Yin, 
                                
                                    Philimon Gona
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2015). 
                            50 year trends in atrial fibrillation prevalence, incidence, risk factors, and mortality in the Framingham Heart Study: a cohort study. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 386
                            (9989)
                            , 154-162.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(14)61774-8
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(14)61774-8