Journal article
Idiopathic atrial fibrillation revisited in a large longitudinal clinical cohort
Abstract
AIMS: An age of 60 years is often used as cut-off for the diagnosis of idiopathic atrial fibrillation (AF). We investigated the importance of age and atrial size in patients with idiopathic AF and AF patients with isolated hypertension.
METHODS AND RESULTS: Out of 3978 AF patients in the Euro Heart Survey on AF with known follow-up, 119 (3%) patients had idiopathic AF. We disregarded age and atrial size when selecting idiopathic AF patients …
Authors
Weijs B; Pisters R; Nieuwlaat R; Breithardt G; Le Heuzey J-Y; Vardas PE; Limantoro I; Schotten U; Lip GYH; Crijns HJGM
Journal
EP Europace, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 184–190
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
February 1, 2012
DOI
10.1093/europace/eur379
ISSN
1099-5129