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Epidemiology of Atrial Fibrillation: Geographic/Ecological Risk Factors, Age, Sex, Genetics.
Cardiac electrophysiology clinics - 1 Mar 2021
Zhang Juqian, Johnsen Søren Paaske, Guo Yutao, Lip Gregory Y H
Abstract excerpt
Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia globally. The global prevalence of atrial fibrillation is positively correlated with the sociodemographic index of different regions. Advancing age, male sex, and Caucasian race are risk factors; female sex is correlated with higher atrial fibrillation mortality worldwide likely owing to thromboembolic risk. African American ethnicity is associated with lower...
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