CardiacWire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

age, 54% women, 50% White), finding that a whopping 2M (6.8%) of them had been diagnosed with AFib. AFib rates increased dramatically during the study period, from 4.49% in 2005-2009 to 6.82% in 2015-2019. the researchers estimate that at least 10.55M Americans are currently diagnosed with AFib, representing 4.48% the U.S.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 6, 2023

That said — I strongly suspect that instead of AFib — that this patient was in the same 2nd-Degree, Mobitz I AV Block on the pre-operative ECG , that was done 2 months earlier ( = ECG #2 in Figure-4 ). That said — the term, “trifascicular block” is no longer recommended ( Surawicz et al, Circulation — AHA/ACCF/HRS Recs, 2009 ).

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CardiacWire

OCTOBER 27, 2024

AFib Wakeup Call – A JACC study suggested that atrial fibrillation is far more prevalent than many thought. Analysis of 29M Californian’s records revealed that a whopping 2M (6.8%) of them had been diagnosed with AFib, with rates increased dramatically during the study period (4.49% in 2005-2009 >>> 6.82% in 2015-2019).

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta

JANUARY 17, 2022

There was a study in 2009 called the Intermountain Heart collaborative study which evaluated 37000 patients and followed them for development of AF and dementia and found that patients with AF were 44% more likely to develop dementia compared to patients without AF. Could it just be a coincidence?

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