In subjects from the original cohort of the Framingham Heart Study, AF was associated with a 1.5- to 1.9-fold mortality risk after adjustment for the preexisting cardiovascular conditions with which AF was related. The decreased survival seen with AF was present in men and women and across a wide range of ages.
Patricia Tung, Yamini S. Levitzky, Rui Wang, Stuart F. Quan, Daniel J. Gottlieb, Michael Reuschman, Naresh M. Punjabi, Suzanne M. Bertisch, Emelia Benjamin, Susan Redline
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