The provided text is an incomplete abstract discussing the prevalence of extreme obesity and atrial fibrillation in the US, without presenting specific study results.
Extreme obesity-also referred to as severe, grade III, or morbid obesity-is defined as a body mass index (BMI) > 40 kg/m 2 , and occurs in 7.7% of the adult US population. 1 This translates to nearly 20 million extremely obese adults living in the US. 2 Considering the prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF), there may be at least 615 000 extremely obese adults with atrial fibrillation in the US. 3 As 67%-88% of AF patients
Moll et al. (Mon,) conducted a editorial in Atrial fibrillation and extreme obesity. Direct oral anticoagulants was evaluated. The provided text is an incomplete abstract discussing the prevalence of extreme obesity and atrial fibrillation in the US, without presenting specific study results.