Heart failure a more common complication than stroke in people with atrial fibrillation
In a large Danish cohort, heart failure was a more significant CV complication than stroke after diagnosis of atrial fibrillation, which became more common over 20 years.“To our knowledge, the temporal trends in lifetime risks of atrial fibrillation and complications after atrial fibrillation have not been reported previously,” Nicklas Vinter, MD, PhD, of the Danish Center for Health