Assertion: atrial fibrillation | /r/HasProperty | encountered in clinical practice
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text: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice and is associated with increased risk of stroke, dementia, falls, and death, among other outcomes.1 A report based on the Framingham study suggests that from the age of 40 years there is a lifetime risk of developing AF of one in four, independent of gender, and of one in six in the absence of congestive heart failure or myocardial infarction.3