作者
Benjamin A Steinberg, Sunghee Kim, Gregg C Fonarow, Laine Thomas, Jack Ansell, Peter R Kowey, Kenneth W Mahaffey, Bernard J Gersh, Elaine Hylek, Gerald Naccarelli, Alan S Go, James Reiffel, Paul Chang, Eric D Peterson, Jonathan P Piccini
发表日期
2014/5/1
期刊
American heart journal
卷号
167
期号
5
页码范围
735-742. e2
出版商
Mosby
简介
Background
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac dysrhythmia and contributes significantly to health care expenditures. We sought to assess the frequency and predictors of hospitalization in patients with AF.
Methods
The ORBIT-AF registry is a prospective, observational study of outpatients with AF enrolled from June 29, 2010, to August 9, 2011. The current analysis included 9,484 participants with 1-year follow-up. Multivariable, logistic regression was used to identify baseline characteristics that were associated with first cause-specific hospitalization.
Results
Overall, 31% of patients with AF studied (n = 2,963) had 1 or more hospitalizations per year and 10% (n = 983) had 2 or more. The most common hospitalization cause was cardiovascular (20 per 100 patient-years vs 3.3 bleeding vs 17 noncardiovascular, nonbleeding). Compared with those not hospitalized, hospitalized patients were more likely to …
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