Background-The long-term natural history of lone atrial fibrillation is unknown. Our objective was to determine the rate and predictors of progression from paroxysmal to permanent atrial fibrillation over 30 years and the long-term risk of heart failure, thromboembolism, and death compared with a control population. Methods and Results-A previously characterized Olmsted County, Minnesota, population with first episode of documented atrial fibrillation between 1950 and 1980 and no concomitant heart disease or hypertension was followed up long term. Of this unique cohort, 76 patients with paroxysmal (nϭ34), persistent (nϭ37), or permanent (nϭ5) lone atrial fibrillation at initial diagnosis met inclusion criteria (mean age at diagnosis, 44.2Ϯ11.7 years; male, 78%). Mean duration of follow-up was 25.2Ϯ9.5 years. Of 71 patients with paroxysmal or persistent atrial fibrillation, 22 had progression to permanent atrial fibrillation. Overall survival of the 76 patients with lone atrial fibrillation was 92% and 68% at 15 and 30 years, respectively, similar to 86% and 57% survival for the age-and sex-matched Minnesota population. Observed survival free of heart failure was slightly worse than expected (Pϭ0.051). Risk for stroke or transient ischemic attack was similar to the expected population risk during the initial 25 years of follow-up but increased thereafter (Pϭ0.004), although CIs were wide. All patients who had a cerebrovascular event had developed Ն1 risk factor for thromboembolism. Conclusions-Comorbidities

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To identify common genetic variants that contribute to lung cancer susceptibility, we conducted a multistage genome-wide association study of lung cancer in Asian women who never smoked. We scanned 5,510 never-smoking female lung cancer cases and 4,544 controls drawn from 14 studies from mainland China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. We genotyped the most promising variants (associated at P < 5 × 10-6) in an additional 1,099 cases and 2,913 controls. We identified three new susceptibility loci at 10q25.2 (rs7086803, P = 3.54 × 10-18), 6q22.2 (rs9387478, P = 4.14 × 10-10) and 6p21.32 (rs2395185, P = 9.51 × 10-9). We also confirmed associations reported for loci at 5p15.33 and 3q28 and a recently reported finding at 17q24.3. We observed no evidence of association for lung cancer at 15q25 in never-smoking women in Asia, providing strong evidence that this locus is not associated with lung cancer independent of smoking.

CsF and CuI do the trick: Stille coupling reactions of aryl/vinyl iodides, triflates, and bromides with aryl/vinyl stannanes are greatly enhanced by the inclusion of CsF and CuI in the reaction mixture (see scheme; Conditions A: [Pd(PPh3)4]/CsF/CuI/DMF/45 °C; Conditions B: PdCl2/PtBu3/CsF/CuI/DMF/45 °C).