This includes all patients diagnosed with AF in hospital or ambulatories, but not from general practice. AF and atrial flutter have one common ICD-10 code (I48). Therefore, some atrial flutter cases ...
No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and predisposes patients to stroke and systemic embolism.
17 19 ORBIT II excluded patients with atrial flutter only, anticipated life expectancy less than 6 months, short lasting AF secondary to a reversible condition (eg, hyperthyroidism, pulmonary embolism ...
Settings Scotland, 5 years following first hospitalisation for AF between 1997 and 2015. Participants Patients hospitalised with a known diagnosis of AF or atrial flutter. Primary and secondary ...
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