Study: Heart failure, not stroke, most common complication of atrial fibrillation

Doctors tell patients with atrial fibrillation, which causes an irregular and often abnormally rapid heart rate, to beware of an increased risk of stroke. But the threat of heart failure should be even more worrisome.

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