ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ASSOCIATED HOSPITALIZATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS IN THE UNITED STATES, 2004 - 2014

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia among hospitalized patients. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a risk factor for AF with an increasing prevalence in the US population. We used the 2004 - 2014 National Inpatient Sample to identify DM hospitalizations with a primary diagnosis of AF