Higher incidence of new atrial fibrillation in hospitalised COVID-19 patients compared to lower respiratory tract infection, however, less patients prescribed anticoagulants at discharge
Description
Infection contributes to developing cardiac arrhythmias, such as atrial fibrillation (AF), which causes over 25% of ischaemic stroke. We analysed a hospital coding database of patients hospitalised with Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) ± AF or a lower
