Yuchiao Chang

Prevalence of Diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation in Adults

Our study confirms that atrial fibrillation is common among older adults and provides a contemporary basis for estimates of prevalence in the United States. The number of patien...

Safely increasing the proportion of patients with community-acquired pneumonia treated as outpatients: an interventional trial.

Use of a risk-based algorithm coupled with enhanced outpatient services effectively identified low-risk patients with community-acquired pneumonia in the emergency department an...

Gender Differences in the Risk of Ischemic Stroke and Peripheral Embolism in Atrial Fibrillation

Background— Previous studies provide conflicting results about whether women are at higher risk than men for thromboembolism in the setting of atrial fibrillation (AF). We exami...

Comparison of Risk Stratification Schemes to Predict Thromboembolism in People With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation