How common is atrial fibrillation?
Most common sustained arrhythmia
Describe the incidence and prevalence.
Incidence: increases with age
The lifetime risk of Afib among individuals > 40 years is 1 in 4.
>95% of individuals with Afib are ≥ 60 years
Prevalence: ∼ 1% of US population
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