20) Patients with regular hospital visits showed a lower prevalence of AF and an increasing trend of the incidence of AF. 24) 25) The prevalence of Korean AF is expected to be 5.81% (2,290,591 AF patients) in 2060 ( Figure 3 ), while the prevalence of Taiwan AF is estimated to be 4.01% in 2050. 21) Although the prevalence of AF is increasing steeply in Asia, it remains lower in Korea (and many Asian countries) than that of Western populations.
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