Race and stroke in an atrial fibrillation inception cohort: Findings from the Penn Atrial Fibrillation Free study

Stroke may be the initial manifestation of atrial fibrillation (AF). Limited studies, however, have evaluated racial differences in stroke before the diagnosis of AF.We assessed racial differences in strokes that occurred before and after AF diagnosis in the Penn Atrial Fibrillation Free study.The Penn Atrial Fibrillation Free study consists of 56,835 patients from the University of Pennsylvania Health System who were free of AF at the index...