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At the end of the first decade of the 21st century, approximately 6 million individuals in the United States have AFib. This prevalence, however, will represent a growing healthcare burden, with recent estimates that it may increase to as many as 12 to 15 million Americans with AFib by 2050 [1] [2] [3] In part this increase is a simple result of the fact that AFib is a disease where prevalence increases with age, and the older population segment is one of the more rapidly growing subsets of United States.
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[2] Miyasaka Y, Barnes ME, Gersh BJ, et al. Secular trends in incidence of atrial fibrillation in Olmsted County, Minnesota, 1980 to 2000, and implications on the projections for future prevalence. Circulation. 2006;114:119-125.
[3] Naccarelli GV, Varker H, Lin J, Schulman KL. Increasing prevalence of atrial fibrillation and flutter in the United States. Am J Cardiol. 2009;104:1534-1539.