Atrial Fibrillation: Prevalence and Association With Outcome in Patients With Stroke Undergoing Mechanical Thrombectomy in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

How the prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) has changed over time in various demographic subgroups of patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) undergoing mechanical thrombectomy (MT) in the United States is unknown. Whether in-hospital outcomes differ between patients with AF versus patients without AF after MT remains uncertain.

Methods

We conducted a serial cross-sectional study using all primary AIS discharges in the 2010 to 2020 National Inpatient Sample. Discharges with MT codes were identified (n = 155 277), and the proportion with AF in various age, sex, and racial subgroups were computed. We used multivariable-adjusted negative binomial regression to compare AF prevalence between demographic subgroups and joinpoint regression to evaluate trends over ti

SUBMITTER: Otite FO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12778550 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature