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European Heart Journal 2004 25(19):1670-1671; doi:10.1016/j.ehj.2004.08.005
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Editorial

More bad news about atrial fibrillation

Vincent Thijs*

Department of Neurology, University Hospital Leuven Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium

* Tel.: +3216 344280; fax: +3216 344285 (E-mail: vincent.thijs@uz.kuleuven.ac.be).

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This editorial refers to "Stroke patients with atrial fibrillation have a worse prognosis than patients without: data from the Austrian Stroke registry" by Steger on page 1734{dagger}

Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common serious cardiac arrhythmia, is not a benign disease. Patients with AF have a 4–5-fold increased risk of ischaemic stroke and a doubling of the risk of dementia or low cognitive function.1,2 Population-based studies indicate that at age 50–59 years, 1.5% of all strokes are caused by AF, whereas at age 80–89 the attributable . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Stroke patients with atrial fibrillation have a worse prognosis than patients without: data from the Austrian Stroke registry
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