Mechanisms of disease: Genetic mechanisms of atrial fibrillation.

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Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, and it increases in prevalence with advancing age to about 6% in people older than 65 years. The chance of developing atrial fibrillation at age 40 years or older is about 25% in men and women. This arrhythmia accounts for about one-third...

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