Epidemiology of atrial fibrillation: geographic/ecological risk factors, age, sex, genetics

J Zhang, SP Johnsen, Y Guo… - Cardiac …, 2021 - cardiacep.theclinics.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia with ever-increasing public health
impact. 1 Over 50 years of observation in the Framingham Heart Study (FHS), there is a 4 …

Pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation and chronic kidney disease

WY Ding, D Gupta, CF Wong… - Cardiovascular research, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are closely related conditions with
shared risk factors. The growing prevalence of both AF and CKD indicates that more patients …

Atrial fibrillation in the UK: predicting costs of an emerging epidemic recognizing and forecasting the cost drivers of atrial fibrillation-related costs

P Burdett, GYH Lip - European Heart Journal-Quality of Care …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Aims Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained heart arrhythmia and a major
preventable cause of stroke, heart failure, and dementia. Atrial fibrillation already accounts …

Wearable photoplethysmography for cardiovascular monitoring

PH Charlton, PA Kyriacou, J Mant… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Smart wearables provide an opportunity to monitor health in daily life and are emerging as
potential tools for detecting cardiovascular disease (CVD). Wearables such as fitness bands …

Data extraction for epidemiological research (DExtER): a novel tool for automated clinical epidemiology studies

KM Gokhale, JS Chandan, K Toulis, G Gkoutos… - European journal of …, 2021 - Springer
The use of primary care electronic health records for research is abundant. The benefits
gained from utilising such records lies in their size, longitudinal data collection and data …

Risk of atrial fibrillation in athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

W Newman, G Parry-Williams, J Wiles… - British journal of sports …, 2021 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objective A systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression were performed on
selected studies to investigate the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) among athletes …

Adherence and persistence to direct oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation: a population-based study

A Banerjee, V Benedetto, P Gichuru, J Burnell… - Heart, 2020 - heart.bmj.com
Background Despite simpler regimens than vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) for stroke
prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF), adherence (taking drugs as prescribed) and persistence …

[HTML][HTML] Telemedicine-Based Management of Oral Anticoagulation Therapy: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

L Braga Ferreira, R Lanna de Almeida… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - jmir.org
Background Oral anticoagulation is the cornerstone treatment of several diseases. Its
management is often challenging, and different telemedicine strategies have been …

Estimating the impact of implementing an integrated care management approach with Atrial fibrillation Better Care (ABC) pathway for patients with atrial fibrillation in …

EM Camacho, GYH Lip - … Heart Journal-Quality of Care and …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Stroke prevention is central to the management of atrial fibrillation (AF), but
there remains a residual risk of adverse outcomes in anticoagulated AF patients. Hence …

Incidence of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation and oral anticoagulant prescribing in England, 2009 to 2019: A cohort study

AM Ajabnoor, SS Zghebi, R Parisi, DM Ashcroft… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an important risk factor for ischaemic stroke, and AF
incidence is expected to increase. Guidelines recommend using oral anticoagulants (OACs) …