Citation

Gumprecht J, Lip GYH. Ann. Intern Med. 2019; 171(12): JC71.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, American College of Physicians)

DOI

10.7326/ACPJ201912170-071

PMID

31842229

Abstract

In older patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), is rate-lowering drug (RLD) dual therapy, antiarrhythmic drug (AAD) monotherapy, or AAD plus RLD therapy associated with increased risk for fall-related injuries or syncope vs RLD monotherapy?
Denmark. Population-based cohort study using linkage of national registries, with follow-up for a median 2.6 years.
100 935 adults 65 to 100 years of age (median age 78 y, 53% women) who were diagnosed...

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