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AFib Healthy People 2020 Letter
Published November 13, 2015
The Alliance for Aging Research led AFib Optimal Treatment Task Force submitted a letter to the CDC commenting on the agency’s Healthy People 2020 goals. The letter recommended:
- The CDC should add Afib as a modifiable risk factor for stroke
- The CDC address the under anticoagulation of older AFib patients as an emerging issue in heart disease and stroke