Estimated prevalence of undiagnosed atrial fibrillation in the United States.

As atrial fibrillation (AF) is often asymptomatic, it may remain undiagnosed until or even after development of complications, such as stroke. Consequently the observed prevalence of AF may underestimate total disease burden.To estimate the prevalence of undiagnosed AF in the United States, we perfo...

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Main Authors: Mintu P Turakhia, Jason Shafrin, Katalin Bognar, Jeffrey Trocio, Younos Abdulsattar, Daniel Wiederkehr, Dana P Goldman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5896911?pdf=render