Atrial Fibrillation and the Risk of Ventricular Arrhythmias and Cardiac Arrest: A Nationwide Population-Based Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Atrial fibrillation (AF) has been linked to an increased risk of ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) and sudden death. We investigated this association in hospitalised patients in France.

Methods

All hospitalised patients from 2013 were identified from the French National database and included if they had at least 5 years of follow-up data.

Results

Overall, 3,381,472 patients were identified. After excluding 35,834 with a history of VAs and cardiac arrest, 3,345,638 patients were categorised into two groups: no AF (n = 3,033,412; mean age 57.2 ± 21.4; 54.3% female) and AF (n = 312,226; 78.1 ± 10.6; 44.0% female). Over a median follow-up period of 5.4 years (interquartile range (IQR) 5.0-5.8 years), the incidence (2.23%/year vs. 0.56%/year) and risk

SUBMITTER: Fawzy AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9917986 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature