Atrial Fibrillation and Acute Ischemic Stroke: Evaluation of the Contemporary 2018 National Inpatient Sample Database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Atrial fibrillation (AF) in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is considered a binary entity regardless of AF type. We aim to investigate in-hospital morbidity and mortality among patients with nonparoxysmal AF-related AIS.

Methods

Patients hospitalized for AIS with associated paroxysmal or persistent AF were identified from the 2018 national inpatient sample database. We compared in-hospital mortality, stroke-related morbidity, hospital cost, length of stay, and discharge disposition in patients hospitalized with paroxysmal or persistent AF.

Results

A total of 26,470 patients were hospitalized for AIS with paroxysmal or persistent AF. Patient with AIS with persistent AF had a longer hospital length of stay (paroxysmal AF, mean [M] 5.7 days, standard deviation [SD

SUBMITTER: Sidhu GDS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9207776 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature