Teresa Infante

Nov 22, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Teresa Infante |Mark Pepin |Antonio Ruocco |Ugo Trama

1 INTRODUCTION Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and its incidence increases with age and particularly among men.1 Several high-prevalence comorbidities represent risk factors for AF including hypertension, diabetes mellitus, cardiomyopathies, coronary heart disease, chronic kidney disease and obesity.1 AF is clinically associated with a significant risk for stroke, myocardial infarction and cardiac death, thus representing a significant global health problem.1...