All-cause mortality in 272 186 patients hospitalized with incident atrial fibrillation 1995–2008: a Swedish nationwide long-term case–control study

• Published in: European heart journal Vol. 34; no. 14; pp. 1061 - 1067
• Main Authors: Andersson, Tommy, Magnuson, Anders, Bryngelsson, Ing-Liss, Frøbert, Ole, Henriksson, Karin M., Edvardsson, Nils, Poçi, Dritan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 2013
• Series: Editor's choice
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age; Age Distribution; Aged; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial Fibrillation - complications; Atrial Fibrillation - mortality; Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems; Cardiology; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Disease; Case-Control Studies; Cause of Death; Child; Child, Preschool; Clinical Medicine; Clinical Research; Female; Gender; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Infant; Kardiologi; Kardiologi och kardiovaskulära sjukdomar; Klinisk medicin; Long term; Male; Medical and Health Sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Middle Aged; Mortality; Risk Factors; Sex Distribution; Sweden - epidemiology; Young Adult; Sweden

To evaluate long-term all-cause risk of mortality in women and men hospitalized for the first time with atrial fibrillation (AF) compared with matched controls. A total of 272 186 patients (44% women) ≤ 85 years at the time of hospitalization with incidental AF 1995-2008 and 544 344 matched controls...