Impact of atrial fibrillation on mortality, stroke, and medical costs
Impact of atrial fibrillation on mortality, stroke, and medical costs
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DOI:
10.1001/archinte.158.3.229
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发表时间:
1998-02-09
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通讯作者:
D'Agostino, RB
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作者:
Wolf, PA;Mitchell, JB;D'Agostino, RB
Background: The impact of atrial fibrillation (AF) on mortality, stroke, and medical costs is unknown.Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study of hospitalized Medicare patients with AF and 1 other cardiovascular diagnosis (CVD) compared with a matched group without AF (n=26 753), randomly selected in 6 age-sex strata from 1989 MedPAR files of more than 1 million patients diagnosed as having AF. Stroke rates were also determined in another cohort free of CVD (n=14 267). Total medical costs after hospitalization were available from a 1991 cohort. Cumulative mortality, stroke rates, and costs following index admission were adjusted by multivariate and proportional hazard regression analyses.Results: Mortality rates were high in individuals with CVD, ranging from 19.0% to 52.1% in 1 year. Adjusted relative mortality risk was approximately 20% higher in patients with AF in all age-sex strata during each of the 3 years studied (P