Prevalence and Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation Among Older Primary Care Patients

Shaan Khurshid; Jeffrey M Ashburner; Patrick T Ellinor; David D McManus; Steven J Atlas; Daniel E Singer; Steven A Lubitz

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.55838

Prevalence and Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation Among Older Primary Care Patients

JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Feb 1;6(2):e2255838. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.55838.

Authors

Shaan Khurshid^{1

2}, Jeffrey M Ashburner^{3

4}, Patrick T Ellinor^{1

2}, David D McManus⁵, Steven J Atlas^{3

4}, Daniel E Singer^{3

4}, Steven A Lubitz^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Demoulas Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
² Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
³ Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Division of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cohort study is a secondary analysis of the VITAL-AF trial and assesses the prevalence and incidence of atrial fibrillation among the trial’s control participants.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Atrial Fibrillation* / epidemiology
Humans
Incidence
Prevalence
Primary Health Care
Risk Factors

Plain language summary

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding