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. 2013 Dec 16;10:1–12. doi: 10.2147/VHRM.S49334

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1-year incidence of progression of atrial fibrillation based on HATCH score (hypertension, age >75 years, transient ischemic attack or stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and heart failure).¹⁶

Note: Reprinted from Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 55(8), de Vos CB, Pisters R, Nieuwlaat R, et al, Progression from paroxysmal to persistent atrial fibrillation clinical correlates and prognosis, 725–731, Copyright © 2010, with permission from Elsevier.

Abbreviation: AF, atrial fibrillation.