… of patients with the arrhythmia, according to community-based studies included in the present
review.18, 30, 36 However, this may be an underestimate of the burden of AF secondary to …

… Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in clinical practice and is associated
with an increased risk of stroke, 1 … We also explored AF incidence and the risk of stroke in AF …

Objectives : This study aimed to investigate whether the excess morbidity and mortality of
atrial fibrillation (AF)–related stroke persists in the contemporary era. Background : Acute …

… cardiac rhythm disturbances, responsible for a high rate of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular
morbidity and mortality, resulting in a high health care cost and public health burden. It is …

… after previous stroke or TIA. This finding shows that the risk of stroke correlates with
burden, and suggests that efforts at stroke prevention may have to take burden into account. …

… burden in the 30 days vs no atrial fibrillation in the 91 to 120 days before their stroke, a
positive burden of recent atrial fibrillation was associated with an elevated risk of stroke after …

… of stroke and hospitalizations. The recently published results on epidemiology of atrial fibrillation
from the Global Burden … worldwide increase in the burden of atrial fibrillation. However, …

… Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with numerous cardiovascular complications. We sought
to estimate the annual burden of … Sex differences in stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation in …

… stroke risk associated with atrial fibrillation (AF) burden exceeding 5 min is a matter of
debate. In addition, the potential linear or nonlinear relationship between AF burden and stroke …

… burden of AF is warranted. We therefore conducted a comparative assessment of the burden
of … on available epidemiological data from the 21 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) regions. …