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Scarcity of atrial fibrillation in a traditional African population: a community-based study

BACKGROUND: In western societies, atrial fibrillation is an increasingly common finding among the elderly. Established risk factors of atrial fibrillation include obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. Atrial fibrillation has almost exclusively been studied in western populatio...

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Autores principales: Koopman, Jacob JE, van Bodegom, David, Westendorp, Rudi GJ, Jukema, Johan Wouter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4107622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25037974
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-14-87