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Investigating the Association Between Atrial Fibrillation and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Danish Nationwide Matched Cohort Study.
JACC. Clinical electrophysiology·July 24, 2026·PMID 42496631
Why it mattersAF is common and often considered a manageable arrhythmia, but its independent link to OHCA highlights a potentially underrecognized risk. For cardiologists and emergency physicians, this underscores the need to consider OHCA risk in AF patients, even when traditional risk factors are controlled, and may inform future risk stratification and preventive strategies.
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