Alcohol Consumption, Left Atrial Diameter, and Atrial Fibrillation

David D. McManus; Xiaoyan Yin; Rachel A. Gladstone; Eric Vittinghoff; Ramachandran S. Vasan; Martin G. Larson; Emelia Benjamin; Gregory M. Marcus

doi:10.1161/jaha.116.004060

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Our study of a large, community-based sample identified alcohol consumption as a predictor of left atrial enlargement and subsequent incident AF. Left atrial enlargement may be an intermediate phenotype along the causal pathway linking long-term alcohol consumption to AF.

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