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Editorial
. 2023 Apr 18;5(2):230-232.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaccao.2023.03.007. eCollection 2023 Apr.

Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Cancer: A Persistent and Increasing Challenge

Giselle Alexandra Suero-Abreu  1 , Patrick T Ellinor  1   2
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Editorial

Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Cancer: A Persistent and Increasing Challenge

Giselle Alexandra Suero-Abreu et al. JACC CardioOncol. .
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Keywords: arrhythmia; atrial fibrillation; cardio-oncology; cardiotoxicity; onco-cardiology; oncotherapeutics; pharmacovigilance; risk models.

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr Ellinor is supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (1RO1HL092577, 1R01HL157635, and 5R01HL139731), the American Heart Association Strategically Focused Research Networks (18SFRN34110082), and the European Union (MAESTRIA 965286); has received sponsored research support from Bayer, IBM Research, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Pfizer; and has served on advisory boards or consulted for Bayer, MyoKardia, and Novartis. Dr Suero-Abreu has reported that she has no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.

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