Prognostic models for predicting incident or recurrent atrial fibrillation: protocol for a systematic review.
Dretzke Janine, Chuchu Naomi, Chua Winnie, +6 more·Systematic reviews
BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the arrhythmia most commonly diagnosed in clinical practice. It is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Prevalence of AF and complications of AF, estimated by hospitalisations, have increased dramatically in the last decade. Being able to predict AF would allow ta…