'Hidden' Irregular Heartbeats May Raise Risk of Death - News Center
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Almost everything we know about atrial fibrillation is gleaned from clinical atrial fibrillation... with so much atrial fibrillation that your doctor was able to pick it up on a physical exam or an electrocardiogram.
Our study... looked at what's called subclinical atrial fibrillation... The question we wanted to ask is, is 'Does subclinical atrial fibrillation have equal impact on mortality as clinical atrial fibrillation?'
Study subjects with atrial fibrillation had a 29 percent increased risk of mortality compared to those without...
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