The Prevalence and Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Symptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE) is a major cause of cardiovascular death and morbidity. Estimated prevalence and incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in developed countries are between 388-661 per 100,000, and 90-123 per 100,000 person-years respectively. However, the prevalence and incidence of AF in patients presenting with an acute PE and its predictors are not clear.

Methods

Individual patient clinical details were retrieved from a database containing all confirmed acute PE presentations to a tertiary institution from 2001-2012. Prevalence and incidence of AF was tracked from a population registry by systematically searching for AF during any hospital admission (2000-2013) based on International Classification of Disease (ICD-10) code.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Ng AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4773188 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature