Past alcohol consumption and incident atrial fibrillation: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.

<h4>Background</h4>Although current alcohol consumption is a risk factor for incident atrial fibrillation (AF), the more clinically relevant question may be whether alcohol cessation is associated with a reduced risk.<h4>Methods and results</h4>We studied participants enrolle...

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Main Authors: Shalini Dixit, Alvaro Alonso, Eric Vittinghoff, Elsayed Z Soliman, Lin Y Chen, Gregory M Marcus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185228