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SUBMITTER: Yang PS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5931533 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Pil-Sung PS Ryu Soorack S Kim Daehoon D Jang Eunsun E Yu Hee Tae HT Kim Tae-Hoon TH Hwang Jinseub J Joung Boyoung B Lip Gregory Y H GYH
Scientific reports 20180501 1
The reported incidence and prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) has been inconsistent across published studies. Using the National Health Insurance Service database of Korea, the prevalence and incidence of AF, and oral anticoagulation (OAC) use of AF patients were explored according to three different approaches; 'formal approach', considering individual AF diagnosis and mortality; 'limited diagnosis approach', using upper 5 main diagnosis; and 'medical use approach', using the number of medi ...[more]