May 19th, 2014
Hospitalizations for AF Are on the Increase
Larry Husten, PHD
In recent years there has been an explosion of interest in atrial fibrillation (AF). Now a new study published in Circulation finds that hospitalizations for AF are on the increase, and this may have important implications for the delivery and economics of health care in the coming years. Researchers analyzed data from nearly 4,000,000 hospitalizations in which AF […]
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