Gender and age differences in induced atrial fibrillation

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Tada, H [1 ]
Sticherling, C [1 ]
Chough, SP [1 ]
Baker, RL [1 ]
Wasmer, K [1 ]
Daoud, EG [1 ]
Oral, H [1 ]
Pelosi, F [1 ]
Knight, BP [1 ]
Strickberger, SA [1 ]
Morady, F [1 ]
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[1] Univ Michigan, Med Ctr, Dept Internal Med, Div Cardiol, Ann Arbor, MI 49109 USA
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10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01698-8
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Induced atrial fibrillation (AF) converts spontaneously within 15 minutes more often in women than in men, and the extent to which the atrial effective refractory period shortens after a brief episode of AF is directly related to age in women, but not in men. These findings are consistent with some of the age and gender-dependent differences in AF observed clinically.
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