Atrial Fibrillation Is an Independent Risk Factor for Ventricular Fibrillation
- 1 December 2014
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
- Vol. 7 (6) , 1033-1039
Abstract
Background—Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is associated with sudden cardiac death (SCD). We aimed to study whether AF is associated with ventricular fibrillation (VF), the most common cause of SCD, and whether this association is independent of confounders, i.e., concomitant disease, use of antiarrhythmic or QT-prolonging drugs, and acute myocardial infarction (AMI).Keywords
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