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PubMed ID
Public Release Type
Journal
Publication Year
2010
Affiliation
Department of Epidemiology, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27104, USA. esoliman@wfubmc.edu
Authors
Bazzano L, Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study Group, Dries DL, Feldman HI, Go AS, Jensvold NG, Lash JP, Mohler ER, Ojo A, Prineas RJ, Rahman M, Robinson NL, Soliman EZ, Teal VL, Wright JT, Xie D
Studies
Citation
Soliman EZ, Prineas RJ, Go AS, Xie D, Lash JP, Rahman M, Ojo A, Teal VL, Jensvold NG, Robinson NL, Dries DL, Bazzano L, Mohler ER, Wright JT, Feldman HI, Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study Group. Chronic kidney disease and prevalent atrial fibrillation: the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC). Am Heart J 2010 Jun;159(6):1102-7.

Abstract

The epidemiology of atrial fibrillation (AF) has been mainly investigated in patients with end-stage renal disease, with limited data on less advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages.