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Atrial ectopy and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide as predictors of atrial fibrillation: a population-based cohort study

Preman Kumarathurai, Mette Rauhe Mouridsen, Nick Mattsson, Bjørn Strøier Larsen, Olav Wendelboe Nielsen, Thomas Alexander Gerds, Ahmad Sajadieh

EP Europace · 2016 · 22 citations · 28 references

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Abstract

Atrial fibrillation risk discrimination was significantly improved by the addition of PAC to the Framingham AF risk model, but not by the addition of NT-proBNP.

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