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J Am Coll Cardiol, 2007; 49:986-992, doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2006.10.062 (Published online 15 February 2007).
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Mortality Trends in Patients Diagnosed With First Atrial Fibrillation

A 21-Year Community-Based Study

Yoko Miyasaka, MD, PhD, FACC*, Marion E. Barnes, MSc*, Kent R. Bailey, PhD{dagger}, Stephen S. Cha, MS{dagger}, Bernard J. Gersh, MB, ChB, DPhil, FACC*, James B. Seward, MD, FACC* and Teresa S.M. Tsang, MD, FACC*,*

* Division of Cardiovascular Disease and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
{dagger} Section of Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.


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  		Figure 1 Survival for AF Patients Compared With the Age- and Gender-Matched General MN Population

Survival for the entire study population of patients diagnosed with first atrial fibrillation (AF) (left) and for the subgroup of survivors who lived beyond the first 4 months after the initial AF diagnosis (Dx) (right), compared with the age- and gender-matched general Minnesota (MN) population.

 

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  		Figure 2 Mortality Trend of Patients Diagnosed With First AF, Stratified by Calendar Year of AF Diagnosis

AF = atrial fibrillation.

 
 
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