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SUBMITTER: Lemmens R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3148589 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lemmens Robin R Hermans Sylvia S Nuyens Dieter D Thijs Vincent V
Stroke research and treatment 20110727
Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia mainly caused by valvular, ischemic, hypertensive, and myopathic heart disease. Atrial fibrillation can occur in families suggesting a genetic background especially in younger subjects. Additionally recent studies have identified common genetic variants to be associated with atrial fibrillation in the general population. This cardiac arrhythmia has important public health implications because of its main complications: congestive heart fa ...[more]