Increased Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Objective. To investigate the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) compared to the general population. Methods. A population-based inception cohort of Olmsted County, Minnesota, residents with incident RA in 1980–2007 and a cohort of non-RA subjects fro...

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Main Authors: A. Kirstin Bacani, Cynthia S. Crowson, Véronique L. Roger, Sherine E. Gabriel, Eric L. Matteson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/809514