The growing burden of atrial fibrillation and its consequences

J Wu, R Nadarajah - BMJ, 2024 - bmj.com
… of atrial fibrillation has increased over the past two decades is not surprising because many
other studies have shown increasing atrial fibrillation … risk of atrial fibrillation has increased to …

Abstract P100: Global Burden of Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter and Its Trend From 1990-2019 in G20 Countries: Results From the GBD 2019

K MADHU, N Alziadin, K Dadhania, M Banala… - Circulation, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter (Afib) ranks 6th in mortality and 7th in disability
amongst all cardiovascular disease the G20 nations. Method: We employed 2019 Global

An update on atrial fibrillation in 2014: From pathophysiology to treatment

R Ferrari, M Bertini, C Blomstrom-Lundqvist… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
… Promotion of the importance of risk assessment scores, the notion of atrial fibrillation burden,
and the prescription of anticoagulants for GPs and cardiologists, in order to increase rates …

Atrial fibrillation: epidemiology, pathophysiology, and clinical outcomes

L Staerk, JA Sherer, D Ko, EJ Benjamin… - Circulation …, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
… Rendering of left and right atria showing various mechanisms of atrial fibrillation (AF). A,
Focal trigger arising from muscle sleeve of pulmonary vein (PV) propagating into left atrium and …

Atrial fibrillation in women: epidemiology, pathophysiology, presentation, and prognosis

D Ko, F Rahman, RB Schnabel, X Yin… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia worldwide. The estimated prevalence
is lower in women (373 per 100,000) than in men (596 per 100,000) 1 . The true prevalence …

A review of the epidemiology of atrial fibrillation in sub‐Saharan Africa

JJ Noubiap, UF Nyaga - Journal of Cardiovascular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… ,2 threefold increased risk of heart failure,3 and almost twofold increased risk of overall
mortality.3, 4 AF is, therefore, a major contributor to the global burden of cardiovascular disease. …

Global burden, trends, and inequalities of atrial fibrillation and flutter among young adults from 1990 to 2019: a population-based study

H Fu, Y Zhao, H Yu, Y Gan, J Chen, Z Liu - 2024 - researchsquare.com
… This study aims to thoroughly evaluate the global burden and trends of AF/AFL over the
past three decades (1990–2019) in the aforementioned age group, while also investigating …

Epidemiology of atrial fibrillation and heart failure: a growing and important problem

AA Karnik, DM Gopal, D Ko, EJ Benjamin… - Cardiology …, 2019 - cardiology.theclinics.com
atrial fibrillation: a global burden of disease 2010 study. … Atrial fibrillation incidence and
risk factors in relation to race-ethnicity and the population attributable fraction of atrial fibrillation

The state of the art: atrial fibrillation epidemiology, prevention, and treatment

DP Morin, ML Bernard, C Madias, PA Rogers… - Mayo Clinic …, 2016 - Elsevier
Atrial fibrillation and congestive HF often occur in the same individuals and share many
comorbidities. Atrial fibrillation … -life global survey evaluating patients with Atrial Fibrillation, 27 …

Age-specific incidence, outcome, cost, and projected future burden of atrial fibrillation–related embolic vascular events: a population-based study

GSC Yiin, DPJ Howard, NLM Paul, L Li… - Circulation, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
… Warfarin versus aspirin for stroke prevention in an elderly community population with
atrial fibrillation (the Birmingham Atrial Fibrillation Treatment of the Aged Study, BAFTA): a …