The Trends in Atrial Fibrillation-Related Mortality before, during, and after the COVID-19 Pandemic Peak in the United States.

ABSTRACT: Background: During the first months of the COVID-19 outbreak, an increase was observed in atrial fibrillation (AF)-related mortality in the United States (U.S). We aimed to investigate AF-related mortality trends in the U.S. before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic peak, stratified by sociodemographic factors. Methods: using the Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research database of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we compared the AF-related age-adjusted mortality rate (AAMR) among different subgroups in the two years preceding, during, and following the pandemic peak (2018-2019, 2020-2021, 2022-2023). Result: By analyzing a total of 1,267,758 AF-related death cases, a significant increase of 24.8% was observed in AF-related mortality dur

SUBMITTER: Dimri I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11355373 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature