AFib Might Be Far More Common Than We Think
CardiacWire
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
A JACC study suggests that atrial fibrillation is far more prevalent than many previously thought, estimating that nearly one in 20 American adults have been diagnosed with the disease. 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.
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