Background Atrial fibrillation is an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, but
scant data are available for long-term outcomes in individuals outside North America or …

Background Patients with atrial fibrillation are known to have a high risk of mortality. There is
a paucity of population-based studies about the impact of atrial fibrillation on the mortality …

Background Contemporary data on temporal trends in incidence and survival after atrial
fibrillation are scarce. Methods Residents of Olmsted County, Minn., with a first-ever atrial …

Background Comprehensive long-term data on atrial fibrillation trends in men and women
are scant. We aimed to provide such data through analysis of the Framingham cohort over …

Background Atrial fibrillation is associated with a higher mortality, but causes of death of
atrial fibrillation patients and their specific predictors have been less well defined. We aimed …

Aims To compare the prevalence of electrocardiogram (ECG)-documented atrial fibrillation
(or flutter)(AF) across eight regions of the world, and to examine antithrombotic use and …

Objective To assess temporal trends in the association between newly diagnosed atrial
fibrillation and death. Design Community based cohort study. Setting Framingham Heart …

Background Although atrial fibrillation (AF) is accepted as the most common sustained
cardiac arrhythmia, most published epidemiologic studies focus on predominantly white …

PURPOSE: To evaluate trend in mortality in stroke associated with atrial fibrillation, we
examined mortality trend after stroke with atrial fibrillation by calendar year period (1980 …

Background Population-based studies of atrial fibrillation (AF) incidence are needed to
inform health-service planning, but evidence is conflicting. We assessed trends of AF …