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Muhammad Ans: Emerging Trends and Disparities in PE-Related Mortality Among Patients With AF
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Sep 27, 2026, 01:43

Muhammad Ans: Emerging Trends and Disparities in PE-Related Mortality Among Patients With AF

Muhammad Ans, Medical Student at FMH College of Medicine, shared a post on LinkedIn about a recent article he and his colleagues co-authored, published in Journal of Arrythmia, adding:

“Alhamdulilah, excited to share that my third-authored study titled, ‘Trends and Disparities in Mortality due to Pulmonary Embolism Among Adults With Atrial Fibrillation From 1999 to 2020: Insights From the CDC WONDER Database’ has been published in the Journal of Arrythmia.

Thank you Eeman Ahmad for trusting me with the extraction, analysis and manuscript writing for this study.

Extremely grateful to all my co-authors: Chadi Alraies, Ahmad Qaisar, Shahzaib Ahmed, Mishal Khan, Hoor Ul Ain, Ibrahim Nagmeldin Hassan, Abbas Mallick, and Muhammad Saad.

Key Findings from Our CDC WONDER Study:

We analyzed Trends and Disparities in Mortality due to Pulmonary Embolism Among Adults With Atrial Fibrillation From 1999 to 2020, with additional COVID-19-era analysis through 2023.

  • 5499 deaths were identified from 1999–2020.
  • Mortality increased significantly after 2009, with an APC of 3.68 percent annually through 2020.
  • Men had higher overall mortality than women (0.077 versus 0.065 per 100,000).
  • Non-metropolitan areas had higher mortality than metropolitan areas (0.082 versus 0.063 per 100000).
  • From the pre-COVID to post-COVID period, mortality increased by 31 percent overall, with the largest regional increase in the Northeast (plus 69.6 percent).
  • 55.7 percent of deaths occurred in inpatient medical facilities.

Takeaway: PE-associated mortality among individuals with AF has shown a concerning upward trend, with notable geographic and urban–rural disparities and a sustained increase following the COVID-19 period.”

Title: Trends and Disparities in Mortality due to Pulmonary Embolism Among Adults With Atrial Fibrillation From 1999 to 2020: Insights From the CDC WONDER Database

Authors: Eeman Ahmad, Mishal Khan, Muhammad Ans, Hoor Ul Ain, Ahmad Qaisar, Shahzaib Ahmed, Olivier Uwishema, Ibrahim Nagmeldin Hassan, Muhammad Saad, Abbas Hayat Mallick, M Chadi Alraies

Muhammad Ans: Emerging Trends and Disparities in PE-Related Mortality Among Patients With AF

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