Physical activity, height, and left atrial size are independent risk factors for lone atrial fibrillation in middle-aged healthy individuals.

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Published in Europace on January 04, 2008

Authors

Lluís Mont1, David Tamborero, Roberto Elosua, Irma Molina, Blanca Coll-Vinent, Marta Sitges, Bárbara Vidal, Andrea Scalise, Alejandro Tejeira, Antonio Berruezo, Josep Brugada, GIRAFA (Grup Integrat de Recerca en Fibril-lació Auricular) Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: Thorax Institute, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, C/Villarroel 170, Barcelona, 08036 Catalonia, Spain. lmont@clinic.ub.es

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