[HTML][HTML] Atrial fibrillation: the current epidemic

CA Morillo, A Banerjee, P Perel, D Wood… - Journal of geriatric …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… AF burden has regional variations, with high-income countries experiencing a higher
prevalence, incidence, DALYs and mortality associated with AF than low-middle income countries (…

Prevalence of atrial fibrillation in different socioeconomic regions of China and its association with stroke: results from a national stroke screening survey

X Wang, Q Fu, F Song, W Li, X Yin, W Yue… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
… high-income regions (2.54%), followed by middle-income regions (… - and middle-income
regions and lower in low-income regions [7]. … with the income level of different regions in China. …

Evidence-based medicine in low-income and middle-income countries

S Adhikari - The Lancet Global Health, 2021 - thelancet.com
… Patients with atrial fibrillation need to be on oral … for patients in low-income and middleincome
countries like Nepal. In … With this fear in mind, most patients undergoing atrial fibrillation in …

Understanding the global burden of atrial fibrillation and regional variations: we need improvement

M Vitolo, GYH Lip - Cardiovascular Research, 2021 - academic.oup.com
… reported that compared to low-income countries (LICs), AF prevalence was higher both in
middle-income countries (MICs) and high-income countries (HICs) even after the adjustments …

… of patients with atrial fibrillation: Baseline characteristics from a clustered randomized trial to IMProve treatment with AntiCoagulanTs in patients with atrial fibrillation  …

D Vinereanu, HR Al-Khalidi, MP Rao, W He… - American heart …, 2017 - Elsevier
… comparative data on AF from middle-income countries. … usual care, focused on 5 middle-income
countries. In this current … patients with AF from these 5 middle-income countries and (2) …

[HTML][HTML] Gender differences and management of stroke risk of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation in an upper middle-income country: Insights from the CARMEN-AF registry

JA González-Hermosillo, MA Baños-González… - IJC Heart & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is associated with an increased risk of stroke and … middle income
country is based on the 2013 World Bank Classification according to gross national income

Review of epidemiology and management of atrial fibrillation in developing countries

TN Nguyen, SN Hilmer, RG Cumming - International journal of cardiology, 2013 - Elsevier
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia. There have been
many studies in Western countries reporting the prevalence of AF. Approximately 2.3 million …

Globalization of the epidemiologic, clinical, and financial burden of atrial fibrillation

G Boriani, I Diemberger - Chest, 2012 - journal.chestnet.org
… Long-term changes in health behavior involving multiple actions and adaptations over time
should be promoted in low-income to middle-income countries. However, those planning …

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

JJ Noubiap, UF Nyaga - Journal of Cardiovascular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… 73 Obesity is a growing global epidemic mostly affecting high-income countries, but increasingly
prevalent in low and middle countries including those in SSA.11 Considering the strong …

Global epidemiology of atrial fibrillation: an increasing epidemic and public health challenge

G Lippi, F Sanchis-Gomar… - International journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
… that atrial fibrillation incidence and prevalence have increased over the last 20 years and
will continue to increase over the next 30 years, especially in countries with middle socio-…