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• Effect of optimal anticoagulation

  If 50% of atrial fibrillation patients who currently receive warfarin in routine medical care were optimally anticoagulated, 9,852 emboli would be prevented and $1.3 billion would be saved each year.  [ Get More Details ]

• Atrial fibrillation ablation prevents recurrence of AFib

  Atrial fibrillation ablation, which involves using a catheter inserted into the heart to destroy electrical conduction tissue in or near the atria, prevents the recurrence of atrial fibrillation in up…  [ Get More Details ]

• AFib practice guidelines reduce direct health care costs

  The use of practice guidelines in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients significantly decreased hospitalization and resource utilization—with an average decrease in 30-day total direct health care costs of around $1,400 per patient.  [ Get More Details ]
• Following the current path, pulmonary condition cases will increase by 31.3% between 2003 and 2023. If an alternative path is taken, there will be 9.1% fewer pulmonary condition cases.  [ Get More Details ]
• If antihypertensive medication were widely used, it would result in an estimated increase in life expectancy (averaged over the entire population) of 0.5 years in men and 0.4 years in…  [ Get More Details ]