老年人心房纤颤的研究现状

The present situation in the study of atrial fibrillation in the elderly

心房纤颤（AF)是老年人常见的心律失常，其发病率随着年龄增大而增高。AF可以导致严重的心功能不全及血栓栓塞，特别是脑卒中的发病率很高，使病死率增加。因而很有必要将AF作为当前老年心血管疾病的一个重点加以研究。

Atrial fibrillation is one of the commonest cardiac arrhythmia in the elderly, the incidence increased with increasing ages. Atrial fibrillation can induce severe cardiac insufficiency and thromboembolism, stroke is also a very important complication with high morbidity and mortality. Thus it is very necessary to pay special attention to the study of atrial fibrillation in the field of geriatric cardiovascular diseases.