Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in Black Versus White Medicare Beneficiaries With Implanted Cardiac Devices

Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in Black Versus White Medicare Beneficiaries With Implanted Cardiac Devices

Background Black individuals in the United States experience higher rates of ischemic stroke than other racial groups but have lower rates of clinically apparent atrial fibrillation (AF). It is unclear whether blacks truly have less AF or simply more undiagnosed AF. Methods and Results We performed...

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Main Authors: Monica L. Chen, Neal S. Parikh, Alexander E. Merkler, Dawn O. Kleindorfer, Prashant D. Bhave, Emily B. Levitan, Elsayed Z. Soliman, Hooman Kamel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-02-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
atrial fibrillation
atrial flutter
health disparities
ischemic stroke
race and ethnicity
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.118.010661

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