Cancer increases the risk of atrial fibrillation during long-term follow-up (OPERA study).

INTRODUCTION:Relation between atrial fibrillation (AF) and cancer is known but not very well understood. The purpose of this prospective study was to find out whether subjects with cancer were at greater risk of AF than subjects without cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study was based on the OPERA...

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Main Authors: Helena Kattelus, Y Antero Kesäniemi, Heikki Huikuri, Olavi Ukkola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6173458?pdf=render