Friday, February 23, 2007

Pulse Pressure Important Risk Factor for the Development of New-Onset AF

New prospective data from the community-based, observational Framingham cohort study has shown that pulse pressure is a predictor of new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF), even after adjusting for other clinical variables, such as left atrial size and left ventricular mass, known to be associated with the arrhythmia.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/552468?rss

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