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AFib Might Be Far More Common Than We Think

CardiacWire

UCSF researchers analyzed medical records from 29M adults who received hospital-based care in California from 2005 to 2019 (51yr avg. age, 54% women, 50% White), finding that a whopping 2M (6.8%) of them had been diagnosed with AFib. adults would have AFib by 2020. When these results are applied across the U.S.,

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Focus on EP | A Practical Primer For the 2023 AFib Guideline

American College of Cardiology

One of my New Year's resolutions was to read the entire 2023 ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation (AFib).

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CTA and ACC Collaborate to Tackle Cardiovascular Disease with Technology

DAIC

billion on cardiovascular disease from 2018 to 2019, including costs from health care services, medicines, and lost productivity due to death. The framework outlines opportunities for the broader integration of the technology into the workflow for screening and diagnosing cardiovascular disease, using AFib and Hypertension as examples.

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GE HealthCare Announces Prucka 3 Digital Amplifier as Next Generation Platform for Electrophysiology Innovation

DAIC

1] Within the complex umbrella of cardiology care and cardiovascular disease, atrial fibrillation ( AFib ) is the most common arrhythmia diagnosed in clinical practice with projections indicating that the prevalence of AFib could reach 15.9 million people died from cardiovascular diseases in 2019. million in Europe by 2060. [2]

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America’s Growing CVD Problem

CardiacWire

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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Study Shows Abelacimab Significantly Reduced Bleeding vs. Standard DOAC

DAIC

Affecting 60 million people worldwide 1 , the prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AFib) is expected to increase by 60% by 2050 due to an aging population and rising cardiometabolic risk factors 2. In addition, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that more than 12 million Americans will have AFib by 2030 3.

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Abstract 97: Acute Ischemic Stroke Despite Anticoagulant Use: The Neuro-AFib Study

Stroke Journal

Detailed clinical, laboratory and multimodal imaging data from known AF patients consecutively admitted to 20 stroke centers with an IS between 1/2018-12/2019 were used to define characteristics of AIS-despite-AC and compared to AIS-off-AC.Results:Out of 4456 patients with known AF prior to the AIS, 2051 (46%) were using anticoagulants.

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