@article{ref1,
title="Atrial fibrillation and falls: a mechanistic or age-confounded relationship?",
journal="Mayo Clinic proceedings",
year="2020",
author="Hu, Tiffany and Noheria, Amit and Asirvatham, Samuel J.",
volume="95",
number="4",
pages="632-635",
abstract="<p> Beyond age, traditionally recognized risk factors for falls include unsteady gait, muscle weakness, impaired cognition, and poly- pharmacy. Malik et al2 present a detailed systematic review evaluating the role of atrial fibrillation (AF) in falls/syncope and conclude that AF is independently associated with falls (odds ratio [OR], 1.19; 95% CI, 1.07-1.33) and syncope (OR, 1.88; 95% CI, 1.20-2.94) based on a meta-analysis of 7 and 3 observational studies, respectively. They offer potential mechanisms and call into question the issue of AF-attributable vs merely AF-correlated mechanisms of fall/ syncope. </p> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0025-6196",
doi="10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.02.017",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.02.017"
}