Presence of atrial fibrillation is associated with liver stiffness in an elderly Finnish population

• Aki Juhani Käräjämäki ,

  * E-mail: aki.karajamaki@vshp.fi

  Affiliations Research Unit of Internal Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Abdominal Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland

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• Olli Kettunen,

  Affiliation Abdominal Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland

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• Samuli Lepojärvi,

  Affiliation Research Unit of Internal Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Olli-Pekka Koivurova,

  Affiliations Research Unit of Internal Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, Abdominal Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland

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• Y. Antero Kesäniemi,

  Affiliation Research Unit of Internal Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Heikki Huikuri,

  Affiliation Research Unit of Internal Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Olavi Ukkola

  Affiliation Research Unit of Internal Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital, and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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