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The life expectancy following the first in-hospital diagnosis of atrial fibrillation in Medicare patient ranks eleventh if compared to the life expectancy following the diagnosis of the 25 most lethal cancers in the United States. The life expectancy is shorter following the diagnosis of atrial fibrillation than it is for such common neoplasms as colon cancer, melanoma, and breast cancer.
