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ArticleThe Journal of innovations in cardiac rhythm management2023

Association Between β-thalassemia and Atrial Fibrillation: Insights from the United States National Inpatient Sample.

Wael Abdelmottaleb, Ahmed Maraey, Mustafa Ozbay, Hadeer Elsharnoby, Mahmoud Khalil, Andrea Natale, Mohamed Al Rawahi

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Article in The Journal of innovations in cardiac rhythm management, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Iron overload cardiomyopathy.Heart failure reviews · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Wael AbdelmottalebDepartment of Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA.
Ahmed MaraeyDepartment of Internal Medicine, CHI St. Alexius Health, Bismarck, ND, USA.
Mustafa OzbayDepartment of Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA.
Hadeer ElsharnobyDepartment of Internal Medicine, Carle Foundation, Urbana, IL, USA.
Mahmoud KhalilDepartment of Internal Medicine, Lincoln Hospital, Bronx, NY, USA.
Andrea NataleTexas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, Austin, TX, USA.
Mohamed Al RawahiDepartment of Medicine, Cardiology Unit, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Sultan Qaboos University Hospital · OMCarle Foundation Hospital · USLincoln Medical Center · USMetropolitan Hospital Center · USSt. Alexius Heart and Lung Clinic · USTexas Cardiac Arrhythmia · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia (thalassemia major and thalassemia intermedia) (BT) requires repeated blood transfusions for survival due to ineffective erythropoiesis. Consequently, iron overload can predispose the patient to atrial fibrillation (AF) despite the improved prognosis achieved with transfusion and chelation therapy. We sought to study the impact of AF on BT patients through a large database analysis. The current study used data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project National Inpatient Sample collected from 2016-2019. A total of 17,150 admissions were included, of which 2100 (12.2%) admissions had a concomitant diagnosis of AF. Admissions with AF were older (mean age, 72.1 vs. 47.3 years;

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Atrial fibrillationnational inpatient samplethalassemia

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PMID37781720
PMCPMC10540877
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