… population is a key factor for the AF “epidemic,” due to the inverse pyramid demographics of
the populations … contributed to the enlarging elderly population. The higher prevalence rates …

… its 58,820 residents, we identified patients diagnosed with atrial flutter or atrial fibrillation
from July 1, 1991, through June 30, 1995. Patients were followed prospectively and compared …

… of AF is crucial to the future allocation of resources and the utilization of an expanding range
of therapies aimed at reducing the impact of this disease on a changing patient population. …

… Observational studies performed in the general population or in patients hospitalized for AF
show that permanent AF is the most frequent form of diagnosed AF; it occurs in 40%–50% of …

… mortality) of ED patients with atrial fibrillation. In this study, we describe the characteristics
and ED care of a population of patients treated in Ontario EDs with atrial fibrillation, along with …

… among our patients was higher than in other population-based studies (9.3% to 19.0%) and
clinical series (16.7% to 18%) and mostly depended on the high mean age of the patients at …

… population: this rate is almost 3 times greater in patients with (31.3%) compared with without
AF (10.4%). In our population, patients … often than patients without AF. Therefore, in dialysis …

… Atrial fibrillation was found in 78 of the random population sample (2.0%). Prevalence was
1.6% in women and 2.4% in men, rising with age from 0.2% in those aged 45–54 to 8.0% in …

… in patient care and … patients with AF in the general Medicare population. Our data span 1992
to 2002, a period during which results from well-designed stroke prevention trials in patients …

… using treatment prescriptions and clinical records in two general practices from the west of
Birmingham (serving a patient population of 16 519) where 4522 subjects (27.4%) were aged …