Although myocardial infarction is a known risk factor for the development of atrial fibrillation, the relationship might work the other way around, too, researchers found.
Among patients without a history of coronary heart disease, those with atrial fibrillation were 70% more likely to have an MI through an average of about 7 years of follow-up after accounting for other potential risk factors (HR 1.70, 95% CI 1.26-2.30), according to Elsayed Soliman, MD, of Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C., and colleagues.
That risk was greatest among women (HR 2.16, 95% CI 1.41-3.31) and black individuals (HR 2.53, 95% CI 1.67-3.86), they reported online in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Full article: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Arrhythmias/42696
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