中外心房颤动流行病学特点比较

Comparison of Epidemiological Characteristics of Atrial Fibrillation in China and Foreign Countries

心房颤动(房颤)是最常见的心律失常,在全球具有巨大的公共卫生负担。在过去的30年,房颤的患病率增长了1倍,目前已成为21世纪的流行病。各种研究发现,受种族、地理位置等因素的影响,房颤的流行病学特点在不同国家存在很大差异,相对于其他国家,中国人群房颤流行病学有自己的特点。近年来,对房颤的流行病学报道越来越多。现对中外房颤的流行病学特点进行比较,了解中外房颤流行病学特点的差异,比较中外房颤患者的危险因素、伴随疾病方面的不同。

Atrial fibrillation(AF)is the most common arrhythmia and has a huge public health burden worldwide,with the prevalence of AF doubling over the past 30 years and now becoming the epidemic of the 21st century.Various studies have found that the epidemiological characteristics of AF vary greatly in different countries due to factors such as race and geographical location.Compared with the western population,the epidemiology of AF in Chinese population has its own characteristics.In recent years,more and more epidemiological reports on AF have been reported.This review will compare the epidemiological characteristics of AF in China with foreign countries,understand the differences between the epidemiological characteristics of AF in China and foreign countries,and compare the differences in risk factors,concomitant conditions of Chinese and foreign patients with AF.