Atrial fibrillation in low-and middle-income countries: a narrative review

IS Santos, AC Goulart, RD Olmos… - European Heart …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
… for stroke, which is atrial fibrillation (AF). The latter and AF-related stroke are still considered
to be problems of high-income countries and are frequently overlooked in low- and middle-…

Association of income and health-related quality of life in atrial fibrillation

E Guhl, A Althouse, M Sharbaugh, AM Pusateri… - Open …, 2019 - openheart.bmj.com
… with higher income associated with higher HRQoL (… higher income and higher HRQoL as
measured by both the AFEQT and SF-12. Our findings suggest that ascertainment of income is …

Association of household income and adverse outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation

AR LaRosa, WT O'Neal, PL Lutsey, LY Chen… - Heart, 2020 - heart.bmj.com
… Specifically, we calculated the E-value for the HRs obtained comparing the lowest to the
highest income category for those endpoints in which we found associations. The E-value can …

[HTML][HTML] Association of income and educational attainment in hospitalization events in atrial fibrillation

T Tertulien, Y Chen, AD Althouse, UR Essien… - American journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
… We hypothesized that individuals with lower income and lower educational attainment would
experience increased hospitalization risk than those with higher income and educational …

Global epidemiology of atrial fibrillation

F Rahman, GF Kwan, EJ Benjamin - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2014 - nature.com
… Even though large studies from high-income countries are available, our current data might
still … might demonstrate an increased prevalence of AF, even in high-income countries. …

Associations between socioeconomic status, atrial fibrillation, and outcomes: a systematic review

ED Lunde, PB Nielsen, S Riahi, TB Larsen… - Expert review of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
… We identified two studies examining this and they both showed that people with high
income were more likely to undergo catheter ablation for AF [Citation32,Citation43]. This could …

Income and outcomes of patients with incident atrial fibrillation

F Biancari, K Teppo, J Jaakkola, O Halminen… - J Epidemiol …, 2022 - jech.bmj.com
… The impact of personal income on the outcomes of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is …
was capped to a maximum of €100 000 to avoid identification of patients with highest incomes. …

Association between socioeconomic status and incident atrial fibrillation

S Ramkumar, A Ochi, H Yang, N Nerlekar… - Internal Medicine …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… Areas with higher household income, higher rates of education … income and education
levels influence dietary habits and physical activity levels. Interestingly, in our study despite high

Cost Effectiveness of Strategies to Manage Atrial Fibrillation in Middle-and High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review

C Okafor, J Byrnes, S Stewart, P Scuffham… - …, 2023 - Springer
… , left atrialatrial fibrillation in high-income countries. Apixaban, warfarin and radiofrequency
catheter ablation are potentially efficient to manage atrial fibrillation in middle-income

Social determinants of atrial fibrillation

UR Essien, J Kornej, AE Johnson… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
High income and wealth are associated with improved health-care access, provider decision…
was observed, with a higher lifetime risk of AF with higher education and income levels 20 . …