Mortality, Hospitalization, and Cardiac Interventions in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCEP.123.012143?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8vmb-EoZudixs5j75Lpt7afqxE56woe5nnaF5lzohNyG3RjinbRscn2sDVUNqYptGDokKamDE-prFa_xtJ1iPn3GP55A&_hsmi=303866047&utm_content=303866047&utm_source=hs_email Afib more common in young people than previously thought, per study Atrial fibrillation, the most common type of abnormal heart beat, is on the rise among people under age 65, according to a study published yesterday in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. The study included more than 67,000 people with Afib treated at the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute between 2010 and 2019. Nearly a quarter of those patients were under 65 — a rate much higher than the typically cited prevalence of about 2%, the authors wrote. The younger adults with Afib were more likely to be hospitalized for heart failure, stroke, or heart attack, and had significantly higher mortality rates compared to people of similar age and gender. They also had a high number of cardiovascular risk factors including smoking, high BMI, diabetes, heart failure, a previous stroke, and more, which can contribute to further damaging the heart over time, researchers noted. https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/atrial_fibrillation.htm?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9dpkXbzmcLo0VPRZhJD3wAqs-D7HM2H-cCMobiaFgvlepsu-36Vf1nEY2-hBbnsMNV4xoFZe0ubnlFdZgnTK655Fq06w&_hsmi=303866047&utm_content=303866047&utm_source=hs_email