Closing the Gap in AF Research

The American Heart Association is pleased to announce that the conference proceedings report from the Atrial Fibrillation Research Summit conducted in June 2010 are now available in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. In this video the lead authors of the paper describe the current landscape for the issue of atrial fibrillation and the important step this document takes in beginning to close the research gaps that will lead to better outcomes for patients living with the condition.

Read the full research findings at http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/CIR.0b013e318224b037.

Video messaging presented by:
Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Vice Chair, Faculty Development and Diversity (FDD), Dept. of Medicine
Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Director of Echocardiography & Vascular Laboratory
The Framingham Heart Study

N. A. Mark Estes III M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Director, New England Cardiac Arrhythmia Center
Tufts Medical Center

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• atrial fibrillation
• atrium
• epidemiology
• prevention
• risk factors