Prevalence, incidence and lifetime risk of atrial fibrillation: the Rotterdam study

Abstract

In this prospective study in a European population, the prevalence and incidence of AF increased with age and were higher in men than in women. The high lifetime risk to develop AF was similar to North American epidemiological data.

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MedicineRotterdam StudyAtrial fibrillationIncidence (geometry)Internal medicineCardiologyEpidemiologyEmergency medicine

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Year: 2006
Type: article
Volume: 27
Issue: 8
Pages: 949-953
Citations: 1909
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                                    Jan Heeringa, 
                                
                                    Deirdre A.M. van der Kuip, 
                                
                                    Albert Hofman
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2006). 
                            Prevalence, incidence and lifetime risk of atrial fibrillation: the Rotterdam study. 
                            European Heart Journal
                            , 27
                            (8)
                            , 949-953.
                            https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehi825
                        

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DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi825