Meeting
Abstract Number: 264
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Atrial fibrillation (AFIB) is the most common recognized arrhythmia in the United States. Currently affecting more than 6 million people, this number is expected to double by 2050. Along with increased costs ($26 billion/year), it is associated with a 5-fold risk for stroke and 2-fold risk for all-cause mortality, independent of comorbid conditions. In […]