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Incidence, prevalence, and antithrombotic management of atrial fibrillation in elderly Germans

Christoph Ohlmeier, Rafael Mikolajczyk, Wilhelm Haverkamp, Edeltraut Garbe

EP Europace · 2013 · 53 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

Incidence and prevalence of AF are relatively high in the elderly in Germany. A considerable fraction of new AF cases did not receive antithrombotic drugs in routine care.

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