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Incidence and prevalence of atrial fibrillation: an analysis based on 8.3 million patients
Author(s) -
Thomas Wilke,
A. Groth,
S. Mueller,
M. Pfannkuche,
Frank Verheyen,
Roland Linder,
Ulf Maywald,
Rupert Bauersachs,
G. Breithardt
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
ep europace
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1532-2092
pISSN - 1099-5129
DOI - 10.1093/europace/eus333
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , incidence (geometry) , diagnosis code , medical diagnosis , population , pediatrics , demography , emergency medicine , environmental health , physics , pathology , sociology , optics
Based on an analysis of claims-based data of 8.298 million members of two German statutory health insurance funds, the aim of this contribution is to quantify age-/gender-specific prevalence/incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in a German setting.

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