Atrial Fibrillation in Singapore and Malaysia: Current Trends and Future Prospects

Atrial fibrillation (AF) imposes substantial burdens of morbidity and impaired health‐related quality of life, and significantly increases sufferers' risk of having a cardiovascular event, in particular a stroke. Prevalence of AF in Asia and the associated healthcare costs are likely to have been underestimated and are expected to increase due to greater awareness, population ageing and increasing prevalence of associated risk factors and...