Epidemiology of ischemic stroke from atrial fibrillation in Dijon, France, from 1985 to 2006

Abstract

The decrease in the incidence of cardioembolic/atrial fibrillation stroke in our study was probably due to a slight increase in the utilization of antithrombotic therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation, but the use of such therapies will have to increase further because of the expected aging of the population in coming years.