Burden of atrial fibrillation in patients with rheumatic diseases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies have suggested that atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with rheumatic diseases (RD) may be due to inflammation.

Aim

To determine the highest association of AF among hospitalized RD patients and to determine morbidity and mortality associated with AF in hospitalized patients with RD.

Methods

The National inpatient sample database from October 2015 to December 2017 was analyzed to identify hospitalized patients with RD with and without AF. A subgroup analysis was performed comparing outcomes of AF among different RD.

Results

The prevalence of AF was 23.9% among all patients with RD (n = 3949203). Among the RD subgroup, the prevalence of AF was highest in polymyalgia rheumatica (33.2%), gout (30.2%), and pseudogout (27.1%). After adjust

SUBMITTER: Khan MZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8107898 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature