Screening for unknown or subclinical atrial fibrillation has received increased attention lately. People at 65 years, or above, with additional risk factors, have been suggested as a possible target population for screening. Screening in this age group has been investigated… Read More ›
We are excited to announce that the first annual meeting of afib.no was a success – bringing together 48 atrial fibrillation researchers from Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands on October 19-20, 2017 at Lysebu, Oslo. Professor of cardiac arrhythmias and… Read More ›
Network members Ingrid E. Christophersen, Renate B. Schnabel, Michiel Rienstra, Emelia J. Benjamin and Patrick T. Ellinor and collaborators in the AFGen Consortium recently presented results from a GWAS meta-analysis on the electrocardiographic P-wave in more than 44 000 individuals,… Read More ›
In a report of the AF-SCREEN International Collaboration, several afib.no network members have co-authored a “State of the art” article on screening for atrial fibrillation in Circulation. An extensive review of relevant current evidence is provided, and future directions are… Read More ›
In an article published in Nature Genetics, network members Ingrid E. Christophersen, Michiel Rienstra, Emelia J. Benjamin and Patrick T. Ellinor and collaborators present data from large-scale genome-wide association studies, exome-wide association studies and rare variant association studies. Twelve new… Read More ›
December 15th, 2016, the South-East Health Authority in Norway announced that they will provide funding of the Norwegian Atrial Fibrillation Research Network – afib.no – for 3 years. This will allow us to establish the basic infrastructure of the network… Read More ›
Norwegian researchers with an interest in atrial fibrillation are now joining forces in the Norwegian Atrial Fibrillation Research Network. afib.no is the official website for the network. More to come…
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