The epidemiological burden of atrial fibrillation: a challenge for clinicians and health care systems

G Boriani, I Diemberger, C Martignani… - European heart …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
… To confront the wide range of clinical settings of AF, we will need … clinical pathways will be
required to deliver appropriate care. … Prevalence, incidence and lifetime risk of atrial fibrillation: …

Prevalence of atrial fibrillation and stroke risk assessment based on telemedicine screening tools in a primary healthcare setting

ERFL de Moraes, C Cirenza, RD Lopes… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
… Our study highlights the importance of screening for AF in the primary care setting in Brazil
and … Our study highlights the importance of screening for AF in the primary care setting and …

Incidence and prevalence of atrial fibrillation: an analysis based on 8.3 million patients

T Wilke, A Groth, S Mueller, M Pfannkuche… - Europace, 2013 - academic.oup.com
… of two large German statutory health insurance funds (SHIFs) in … -specific AF prevalence
and incidence in a German setting. … medical insurance funds as well as of our atrial fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation in a primary care practice: prevalence and management

L Ceresne, RE Upshur - BMC Family Practice, 2002 - Springer
… These results demonstrate that it is possible to achieve high coverage rates with warfarin
in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation in the primary care setting. Our results compare …

Prevalence and quality of warfarin use for patients with atrial fibrillation in the long-term care setting

D McCormick, JH Gurwitz, RJ Goldberg… - Archives of internal …, 2001 - jamanetwork.com
Atrial fibrillation is very common among residents of long-term care facilities. Even among
… monitoring related to warfarin therapy in the long-term care setting warrant improvement. …

Prevalence of atrial fibrillation in the general population and in high-risk groups: the ECHOES study

RC Davis, FDR Hobbs, JE Kenkre, AK Roalfe, R Iles… - Europace, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Atrial fibrillation was found in 78 of the random population sample (2.0%). Prevalence was
1.6… (ECG), making screening potentially feasible in a primary-care setting. In the Screening for …

Epidemiology of atrial fibrillation: European perspective

M Zoni-Berisso, F Lercari, T Carazza… - … epidemiology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
… In the last two decades, atrial fibrillation (AF) has become one of the most important public
health issues and an important cause of health care expenditure in western countries. Even if …

Global epidemiology of atrial fibrillation

F Rahman, GF Kwan, EJ Benjamin - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2014 - nature.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major public health burden worldwide, and its prevalence is set to
increase owing to widespread population ageing, especially in rapidly developing countries …

Racial differences in the prevalence of atrial fibrillation among males

AM Borzecki, DK Bridgers, JM Liebschutz… - … of the National Medical …, 2008 - Elsevier
… Presumably, many individuals had an EKG done either before the ascertainment period or
in a nonVA healthcare setting. Why racial bias should occur in the first case is unclear. While …

High prevalence of atrial fibrillation among patients with ischemic stroke

L Friberg, M Rosenqvist, A Lindgren, A Terént… - Stroke, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cause of devastating but potentially preventable stroke.
Estimates of the prevalence of AF … information about their medical history in the acute setting. …