Atrial fibrillation Other names Auricular fibrillation [1] Electrocardiogram samples displaying atrial fibrillation in the upper recording with absence of P waves (red arrow), an erratic...
Objective To determine AF prevalence and gaps in atrial fibrillation (AF) awareness and management in China. Methods We conducted a community-based survey of 47 841 adults (age ≥45 years) in seven...
Atrial fibrillation is a major cause of life-threatening conditions such as cerebral infarction, prompting increased interest in anticoagulants for treatment and prevention. Warfarin, once the go-t...
Abstract Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in persons of advanced age, and it is a potent risk factor for cardiogenic ischemic stroke. The overall prevalence of AF is less than...
Abstract. Aims We aimed to investigate the prevalence and incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in a large European population-based study.Methods and resu
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in clinical practice, with an estimated prevalence of 0.4% to 1% in the general population, increasing with age to 8% in those above 80 years...
Between 1958-67 and 1998-2007, age-adjusted prevalence of atrial fibrillation quadrupled from 20·4 to 96·2 cases per 1000 person-years in men and from 13·7 to 49·4 cases per 1000 person...
Estimates of the number of people with atrial fibrillation in GP practices and clinical commissioning group (CCG) areas in England.
Introduction As atrial fibrillation (AF) is often asymptomatic, it may remain undiagnosed until or even after development of complications, such as stroke. Consequently the observed prevalence of A...
Aims We aimed to investigate the prevalence and incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in a large European population-based study. Methods and results The study is part of the Rotterdam study, a pop...