Cancer increases the risk of atrial fibrillation during long-term follow-up (OPERA study).

Helena KattelusY Antero KesäniemiHeikki HuikuriOlavi H Ukkola

Published in: PloS one (2018)

The main finding of this OPERA study was that cancer is an independent risk factor of atrial fibrillation. Still it remains unclear whether this association is causative or whether cancer and atrial fibrillation just share the same pathophysiologic mechanisms.

Keyphrases

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