TY  - JOUR
T1  - The increasing burden of atrial fibrillation compared with heart failure and myocardial infarction: A 15-year study of all hospitalizations in australia
AU  - Wong CX, Brooks AG, Leong DP, Roberts-Thomson KC, Sanders P
Y1  - 2012/05/14
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.878
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 739
EP  - 741
VL  - 172
IS  - 9
N2  - 
In recent years, reports have suggested that the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) is increasing.1 Importantly, it has been recognized that hospitalizations account for the majority of the economic cost associated with AF.2 Trends in hospitalizations for this common condition have shown 2- to 3-fold increases in both North America and Europe through the 1980s and 1990s.3- 5 Despite the limitations of representative data and modest-sized cohorts, these reports highlight a growing clinical and public health problem.

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.878
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2012.878
ER  -