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New risk factors for atrial fibrillation: causes of 'not-so-lone atrial fibrillation'.
Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology - 1 Jun 2008
Schoonderwoerd Bas A, Smit Marcelle D, Pen Lucas, Van Gelder Isabelle C
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a prevalent arrhythmia in patients with cardiovascular disease. The classical risk factors for developing AF include hypertension, valvular disease, (ischaemic) cardiomyopathy, diabetes mellitus, and thyroid disease. In some patients with AF, no underlying (cardiovascu...
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