Structural and functional cardiac changes are target organ damage that increases risk of atrial fibrillation

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¹ Department of Medicine, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark. Electronic address: kristian@wachtell.net.
² Department of Medicine, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark.

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Kristian Wachtell et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014.

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. 2014 May 20;63(19):2014-5.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.02.548. Epub 2014 Mar 19.

¹ Department of Medicine, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark. Electronic address: kristian@wachtell.net.
² Department of Medicine, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark.

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Keywords: atrial fibrillation; cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; electrocardiogram; left ventricular hypertrophy.

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