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However, it remains to be determined whether these associations reveal independent causation. Using Mendelian randomization (MR), we systematically investigated how genetically predicted atrial fibrillation affected other cardiovascular diseases and cardiac death.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods and results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Summary-level data for atrial fibrillation and other cardiovascular diseases were obtained from public genome-wide association study data. The random inverse-variance weighted method was treated as the primary analysis. Sensitivity analyses (including weighted median, MR-Egger, and multivariable MR methods) were also performed. 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The leave-one-out analysis suggested that the causal associations were not driven by individual single nucleotide polymorphism.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This comprehensive MR analysis verified the causal associations between atrial fibrillation and high risks of heart failure, ischaemic stroke, transient ischaemic attack, peripheral artery diseases, cardiac death, and hypertension. 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