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Low Serum Thyrotropin Concentrations as a Risk Factor for Atrial Fibrillation in Older Persons

  • Sawin C
  • Geller A
  • Wolf P
  • et al.
New England Journal of Medicine (1994) 331(19) 1249-1252
DOI: 10.1056/nejm199411103311901
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Abstract

Low serum thyrotropin concentrations are a sensitive indicator of hyperthyroidism but can also occur in persons who have no clinical manifestations of the disorder. We studied whether low serum thyrotropin concentrations in clinically euthyroid older persons are a risk factor for subsequent atrial fibrillation.

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Sawin, C. T., Geller, A., Wolf, P. A., Belanger, A. J., Baker, E., Bacharach, P., … D’Agostino, R. B. (1994). Low Serum Thyrotropin Concentrations as a Risk Factor for Atrial Fibrillation in Older Persons. New England Journal of Medicine, 331(19), 1249–1252. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199411103311901

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