Temporal Trends of Emergency Department Visits of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A Nationwide Population-Based Study.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to describe temporal trends in emergency department (ED) visits of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) over 12 years. A repeated cross-sectional analysis of ED visits in AF patients using the Korean nationwide claims database between 2006 and 2017 were conducted. We identified AF patients who had ≥1 ED visits. The incidence of ED visits among total AF population, cause of ED visit, and clinical outcomes were evaluated. During 12 years, the annual numbers of AF patients who attended ED at least once a year continuously increased (40,425 to 99,763). However, the annual incidence of ED visits of AF patients was stationary at about 30% because the number of total AF patients also increased during the same period. The most common cause of ED visits was cerebral infarction. Although

SUBMITTER: Lee SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7290994 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature