Carotid intima-media thickness is associated with incidence of hospitalized atrial fibrillation.
- Adamsson Eryd, Samuel
- Östling, Gerd
- Rosvall, Maria
- Persson, Margaretha
- Smith, Gustav
- Melander, Olle
- Hedblad, Bo
- Engström, Gunnar
Publication date
January 2014
DOI Publisher
Elsevier BV ISSN
0021-9150 Citation count (estimate)
13Abstract
Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) is a measure of arterial thickening and a risk predictor for myocardial infarction and stroke. It is unclear whether IMT also predicts atrial fibrillation (AF). We explored the association between IMT and incidence of first AF hospitalization in a population-based cohort
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