Age and Sex Specific Prevalence of Clinical and Screen-Detected Atrial Fibrillation in Hospitalized Patients.
Laurent RotenEleni GouloutiAnna LamElena ElchinovaNikolas NozicaAlessandro SpiritoSeverin WittmerMattia BrancaHelge ServatiusFabian NotiJens SeilerSamuel H BaldingerAndreas HaeberlinStefano de MarchiBabken AsatryanNicolas RodondiJacques DonzéDrahomir AujeskyHildegard TannerTobias ReichlinPeter JüniPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2021)
In a large hospital-based patient population aged 65-84 years, the prevalence of clinical AF and of screen-detected AF was 22.2% and 3.8%, respectively, and significantly higher in males than females.