Worldwide Epidemiology of Atrial Fibrillation

S. Chugh, Sumeet; Havmoeller, Rasmus; Narayanan, Kumar; Singh, David; Rienstra, Michiel; J. Benjamin, Emelia; F. Gillum, Richard; Kim, Young‐Hoon; H. McAnulty, John; Zheng, Zhi-Jie; H. Forouzanfar, Mohammad; Naghavi, Mohsen; A. Mensah, George; Ezzati, Majid; J L Murray, Christopher

doi:10.1161/circulationaha.113.005119

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Worldwide Epidemiology of Atrial Fibrillation

Published in Circulation • Dec 18, 2013

Authors:

Sumeet S. Chugh

Rasmus Havmoeller

Kumar Narayanan

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The global burden of atrial fibrillation (AF) is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS: We systematically reviewed population-based studies of AF published from 1980 to 2010 from the 21 Global Burden of Disease regions to estimate global/regional prevalence, incidence, and morbidity and mortality...

Subject

Medicine

Atrial fibrillation

Incidence (geometry)

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