Predisposing factors for atrial fibrillation in the elderly

Atrial fibrillation (AF) in the elderly occurs as a consequence of cardiovascular aging and an age related increase of comorbidity. Several predisposing factors for AF have been identified for the overall AF population. Most of them, cardiovascular disease in particular, play a role in younger and o...

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Autores principales: Wasmer, Kristina, Eckardt, Lars, Breithardt, Günter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Science Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5460064/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28592961
http://dx.doi.org/10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2017.03.010
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description Atrial fibrillation (AF) in the elderly occurs as a consequence of cardiovascular aging and an age related increase of comorbidity. Several predisposing factors for AF have been identified for the overall AF population. Most of them, cardiovascular disease in particular, play a role in younger and older patients. The longer time period during which these risk factors can cause structural changes that ultimately lead to AF may, at least in part, explain the association between age and AF. In addition, less well defined age-related changes in cellular electrophysiologic properties and structure predispose to AF in the elderly.
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spelling pubmed-54600642017-06-07 Predisposing factors for atrial fibrillation in the elderly Wasmer, Kristina Eckardt, Lars Breithardt, Günter J Geriatr Cardiol Review Atrial fibrillation (AF) in the elderly occurs as a consequence of cardiovascular aging and an age related increase of comorbidity. Several predisposing factors for AF have been identified for the overall AF population. Most of them, cardiovascular disease in particular, play a role in younger and older patients. The longer time period during which these risk factors can cause structural changes that ultimately lead to AF may, at least in part, explain the association between age and AF. In addition, less well defined age-related changes in cellular electrophysiologic properties and structure predispose to AF in the elderly. Science Press 2017-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5460064/ /pubmed/28592961 http://dx.doi.org/10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2017.03.010 Text en Institute of Geriatric Cardiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License, which allows readers to alter, transform, or build upon the article and then distribute the resulting work under the same or similar license to this one. The work must be attributed back to the original author and commercial use is not permitted without specific permission.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5460064/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2017.03.010
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