The overall goal of this retrospective registry study is to investigate the burden-of.illness
in atrial fibrillation (AF) in Denmark. Several Danish registries will be utilized to collect
information on the diseases epidemiology including incidence and prevalence of AF and stroke
as well as a stroke risk stratification of the Danish AF-population, the clinical and
economical burden (in terms of direct and indirect cost) of AF and stroke to Danish patients,
healthcare providers / healthcare system and society as well as describing treatment patterns
with anticoagulant agents and their consequences in terms of stroke, bleeds, death and
according cost in a real-life setting.