Open AccessRisk of stroke and heart failure attributable to atrial fibrillation in middle-aged and elderly people: Results from a five-year prospective cohort study of Japanese community dwellers
Author(s) -
Masaki Ohsawa,
Tomonori Okamura,
Kozo Tanno,
Kuniaki Ogasawara,
Kazuyoshi Itai,
Yuki Yonekura,
Kazuki Konishi,
Shinichi Omama,
Naomi Miyamatsu,
Tanvir Chowdhury Turin,
Yoshihiro Morino,
Tomonori Itoh,
Toshiyuki Onoda,
Kiyomi Sakata,
Yutaka Ishibashi,
Shinji Makita,
Motoyuki Nakamura,
Fumitaka Tanaka,
Toru Kuribayashi,
Mutsuko Ohta,
Akira Okayama
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.679
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1349-9092
pISSN - 0917-5040
DOI - 10.1016/j.je.2016.08.012
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , stroke (engine) , prospective cohort study , heart failure , cohort , stroke risk , cohort study , gerontology , physical therapy , emergency medicine , ischemic stroke , ischemia , mechanical engineering , engineering
The relative and absolute risks of stroke and heart failure attributable to atrial fibrillation (AF) have not been sufficiently examined.