Aivaras Cepelis, MSci, researcher at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway, and lead author of the study titled “Associations of Asthma and Asthma Control with Atrial Fibrillation Risk: Results from the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT),” published in JAMA Cardiology.
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