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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: He W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5469813 | biostudies-other | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Scientific reports 20170613 1
This study aimed to investigate whether atrial fibrillation (AF) predicts myocardial infarction (MI) or cardiovascular (CV) death. AF is a well-established risk factor for thrombotic stroke and all-cause mortality. PubMed, EmBase, and Cochrane Central were searched for articles comparing the incidence rates of MI, CV death, or CV events between AF and non-AF patients. Relative risk ratio (RR) was used as effect estimate. Crude and adjusted RRs were calculated. Data were pooled using a random-eff ...[more]