Atrial Fibrillation/flutter Hospitalizations among US Medicaid Recipients with and without Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Objective. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease with high prevalence of several risk factors for atrial fibrillation/flutter (AF). However, the incidence and risk of AF in SLE have not been well quantified. Methods. We used the United States Medicaid Analytic eXtract from 2007 to 2010 to identify beneficiaries aged 18–65 years, with prevalent SLE, each matched by age and sex to 4 non-SLE...