Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia worldwide and prevalence is expected to continue rising at an exponential rate with an aging population and increasing rates of obesity ...

He had a history of atrial fibrillation (AF) that initially occurred 2 years before in the context of streptococcal ...

myocardial fibrosis and impaired atrial conduction due to atrial myopathy. Incidence of stroke in HCM The incidence of stroke varies by case series; however, it is generally thought to occur at a ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), which was first described in 1958, occurs in approximately one in 500 people. Patients with HCM are at an increased risk of atrial fibrillation, which is not ...