Cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular hospital admissions associated with atrial fibrillation: a Danish nationwide, retrospective cohort study

摘要: Objective To examine the excess risk of hospitalisation in patients with incident atrial fibrillation (AF). Design A nationwide, retrospective cohort study. Setting Denmark. Participants Data on all admissions Denmark from 1997 to 2009 were collected nationwide registries. After exclusion subjects previously admitted for AF, data 4 602 264 and 10 779 945 hospital contributed Primary secondary outcome measures Age-stratified sex-stratified admission rates calculated cardiovascular non-cardiovascular admissions. Temporal patterns readmission, relative duration frequent types calculated. Results Of admissions, 729 088(6.8%) associated AF. Admissions reasons after 1, 3 6 months occurred 6.0, 14.3 28.4% AF versus 0.2, 0.6 1.8 non-AF patients. comprised 6.8, 16.1 33.3% 1.2, 3.2 9.7% When stratified age, was similar across age groups, while higher older Within each group both admission. adjusted sex time period, had a 8.6 (95% CI 8.5 8.6) 4.0 4.0) reasons. Conclusions This study confirms that burden is considerable driven by These findings underscore importance using clinical pharmacological means reduce Western healthcare systems.