… 0.9% per year in patients on warfarin in patients older than 70 years of age (125) . In the
European Atrial Fibrillation Trial involving patients with recent transient cerebral ischemic attack …

… Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the commonest cardiac rhythm abnormality and has a significant …
The stroke risk in an older person with AF is therefore tremendous, and oral-anticoagulation (…

… to 74 and 75 to 84 years old, the incidences in CHS were 1.8 and 4.3 per 100 person-years, …
84 years old, the average annual incidences in CHS were 1.0 and 2.2 per 100 person-years…

… Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in older adults with a prevalence of 9 %
in adults aged 80 years or older. … years as a definition of ‘elderly’ or older person. In the USA …

… growing proportion of elderly individuals, atrial fibrillation will … of fibrillation is often very
difficult, especially in older patients. … 1 000 person-years of new-onset atrial fibrillation, strongly …

… Roalfe and collaborators, by studying AF patients from the Birmingham Atrial Fibrillation
Treatment of the Aged Study, reported that more women than men were in the oldest age …

… of life in patients with atrial fibrillation. Since atrial fibrillation is predominantly a disease of
… life in this patient population have been conducted in older adults people (aged ≥65 years). …

… Atrial fibrillation is a precipitating factor for CHF in older persons. As much as 30 to 40%
of … to left atrial contraction in older persons. Absence of a coordinated left atrial contraction …

… than 37,500 Americans aged 50 and older, which amounts to 350,000 person-years of
observation. Subjects are interviewed every 2 years by phone, in person or via internet surveys. …

… >50 per 1,000 person-years in White women and >65 per 1,000 person-years in White men
>80 years of age. AF incidence in other races is about 10 less per 1,000 person-years than …