Atrial Fibrillation

Hospitalizations triple since 1985, will continue climb

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, August 24th, 2003

A substantial increase in U.S. hospitalizations for atrial fibrillation, the most common sustained irregular heart beat, will be a "staggering burden" on public health and patients' quality of life, researchers report.

Prevention and education efforts must be pursued to curb the trend, said senior author George A. Mensah, MD, chief of the cardiovascular health programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, and co-author of the study, writing in the July 28, 2003, rapid-access issue of Circulation.

Among people age 35 and older, the number of hospitalizations in which atrial fibrillation was listed as the first diagnosis...

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