The cumulative incidence of atrial fibrillation in the hospitalized medical patient: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Hani Essa, Ashwin Balu, Gregory Y H Lip, Ingeborg Welters

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Review in European heart journal open, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Hani EssaDepartment of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, William Henry Duncan Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L7 8TX, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9445-2582

Ashwin BaluDepartment of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, William Henry Duncan Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L7 8TX, UK.

Gregory Y H LipLiverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science at University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University and Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, 6 West Derby Street, Liverpool, L7 8TX, UK.

Ingeborg WeltersDepartment of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, William Henry Duncan Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L7 8TX, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3408-8798

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Abstract

New-onset atrial fibrillation (NOAF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia occurring in hospitalized patients. NOAF confers a significant risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the form of symptomatic tachyarrhythmia, heart failure, stroke and sudden cardiac death. It is unclear what the cumulative incidence of NOAF is in the hospitalized medical (non-surgical) patient. MEDLINE and Embase were searched for studies published between 01 January 2000 and 10 March 2026. All studies reporting the cumulative incidence of NOAF in hospitalized medical (non-surgical) patients were included. The pooled cumulative incidence of NOAF, 95% confidence intervals (CI), and 95% prediction intervals (PI) were computed using a random-effects model. The inconsistency index (

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Critical illnessNew-onset atrial fibrillationPneumoniaPulmonary embolismSepsis

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PMID42282062

DOI10.1093/ehjopen/oeag080

PMCPMC13252544

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