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Novel genetic markers improve measures of atrial fibrillation risk prediction.
European heart journal - 1 Aug 2013
Everett Brendan M, Cook Nancy R, Conen David, Chasman Daniel I, Ridker Paul M, Albert Christine M
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with adverse outcome. Whether recently discovered genetic risk markers improve AF risk prediction is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS: We derived and validated a novel AF risk prediction model from 32 possible predictors in the Women's Health Study (WHS), a cohort of 20 822 women without cardiovascular disease (CVD) at baseline followed prospectively for incident AF...
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