Prediction of Atrial Fibrillation in a Racially Diverse Cohort: The Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

Prediction of Atrial Fibrillation in a Racially Diverse Cohort: The Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

BackgroundExisting equations for prediction of atrial fibrillation (AF) have been developed and validated in white and African‐American populations. Whether these models adequately predict AF in more racially and ethnically diverse populations is unknown. Methods and ResultsWe studied 6663 men and w...

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Main Authors: Alvaro Alonso, Nicholas S. Roetker, Elsayed Z. Soliman, Lin Y. Chen, Philip Greenland, Susan R. Heckbert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-02-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
atrial fibrillation
epidemiology
risk prediction
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.115.003077

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