Increasing Prevalence of Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter in the United States

The prevalence data for atrial fibrillation (AF) are dated. The present retrospective study estimated the current and projected prevalence of AF and atrial flutter (AFL) in the United States using a large national database. Claims data drawn from July 2004 to December 2005 from the MarketScan resear...

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Published in:The American journal of cardiology 2009-12, Vol.104 (11), p.1534-1539
Main Authors: Naccarelli, Gerald V., MD, Varker, Helen, BS, Lin, Jay, PhD, MBA, Schulman, Kathy L., MA
Format: Article
Language:English
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Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Atrial Fibrillation - complications
Atrial Fibrillation - epidemiology
Atrial Flutter - complications
Atrial Flutter - epidemiology
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiac arrhythmia
Cardiac dysrhythmias
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cardiovascular
Coronary Artery Disease - epidemiology
Estimates
Female
Heart
Humans
Hypertension - epidemiology
Male
Medical Records
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Studies
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:The prevalence data for atrial fibrillation (AF) are dated. The present retrospective study estimated the current and projected prevalence of AF and atrial flutter (AFL) in the United States using a large national database. Claims data drawn from July 2004 to December 2005 from the MarketScan research databases from Thomson Reuters were used to identify patients aged ≥20 years with nontransient AF and/or AFL and age- and gender-matched controls without these conditions. Of the 21,648,681 patients in the databases, 242,903 (1.12%) had nontransient AF and/or AFL (222,605 AF only, 5,376 AFL only, and 14,922 AF and AFL). Patients with AF only, AFL only, and AF and AFL had a greater (p
ISSN:0002-9149
1879-1913
DOI:10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.07.022