738100login-checkCare, outcomes remain uneven amid growing atrial fibrillation burden in US |
By Regina Schaffer
By Larry R. Jackson II, MD, MHSc
Atrial fibrillation affects 2.7 million to 6.1 million people in the U.S., according to the American Heart Association, and that burden is expected to rise substantially in the coming years.
With AF comes risk for other CV conditions, including a fivefold elevated risk for stroke compared with the general population, yet many people remain undiagnosed and some people are at much higher risk for AF than others. Read the full story in Healio.
738100login-checkCare, outcomes remain uneven amid growing atrial fibrillation burden in US |