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Annual strokes from AFib
Atrial fibrillation accounts for between 75,000 and 100,000 strokes per year.
Wolf P, Abbott R, Kannell W. Atrial Fibrillation as an Independent Risk Factor for Stroke: The Framingham Study. Stroke. 1991; 22: 983-8. http://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/22/8/983.abstract