Cardiovascular Research

Validation of an atrial fibrillation risk algorithm in whites and African Americans.

Authors: Renate B Schnabel|||Thor Aspelund|||Guo Li|||Lisa M Sullivan|||Astrid Suchy-Dicey|||Tamara B Harris|||Michael J Pencina|||Ralph B D'Agostino|||Daniel Levy|||William B Kannel|||Thomas J Wang|||Richard A Kronmal|||Philip A Wolf|||Gregory L Burke|||Lenore J Launer|||Ramachandran S Vasan|||Bruce M Psaty|||Emelia J Benjamin|||Vilmundur Gudnason|||Susan R Heckbert

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Abstract

We sought to validate a recently published risk algorithm for incident atrial fibrillation (AF) in independent cohorts and other racial groups.

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