Fast Five Quiz: Anticoagulation in Older Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

Sandeep K. Goyal, MD

March 09, 2022

AF is strongly age dependent. Its prevalence is only 0.1% in individuals 55 years and younger but increases up to 5% in individuals 60 years and older. For those 80 years and older, the prevalence is nearly 10%, per Salih and colleagues.

Learn more about the epidemiology of AF.

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Fast Five Quiz: Anticoagulation in Older Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

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