The Sensitivity of the Method Used to Detect Atrial Fibrillation in Population Studies Affects Group-Specific Prevalence Estimates: Ethnic and Regional Distribution of Atrial Fibrillation in the REGARDS Study

BACKGROUND: Among African-Americans, and in southern US states, the rates of stroke are high but the reported prevalences of atrial fibrillation (AF) are low. We hypothesized that the reported ethnic and regional distributions of AF are affected by the sensitivity of the methods that were used to de...

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Main Authors: Prineas, Ronald J, Soliman, Elsayed Z, Howard, George, Howard, Virginia J, Cushman, Mary, Zhang, Zhu-Ming, Moy, Claudia S
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Japan Epidemiological Association 2009
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2750004/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19561382
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20081032
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