Temporal Trends in Incidence, Prevalence, and Mortality of Atrial Fibrillation in Primary Care

A. Lane, Deirdre; Skjøth, Flemming; Y.H. Lip, Gregory; Bjerregaard Larsen, Torben; Kotecha, Dipak

doi:10.1161/JAHA.116.005155

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Temporal Trends in Incidence, Prevalence, and Mortality of Atrial Fibrillation in Primary Care

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Authors:

Deirdre A. Lane

Flemming Skjøth

Gregory Y.H. Lip

Abstract

Background Incidence and prevalence of atrial fibrillation ( AF ) are expected to increase dramatically; however, we currently lack comprehensive data on temporal trends in unselected clinical populations. Methods and Results Analysis of the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink ( CPRD ) from 1998 ...

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Medicine

Atrial fibrillation

Incidence (geometry)

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