Frequency of Arrhythmias:
Among 2,370,751 HIV-related hospitalizations, 71,285 hospitalizations
had either a primary or secondary arrhythmia-related diagnosis. This
amounts to a 3.01% frequency of arrhythmia-related diagnoses in HIV
related hospitalization (Table 1). The frequency of specific arrhythmias
(per 100,000 hospitalizations) in the study was as follows: 2110 AF, 560
VT, 420 AFL, 170 SVT and 130 VF.
From 2005 through 2014, the frequency of arrhythmia among HIV-related
hospitalizations has increased by 108% (from 4412 in 2005 to 9435 in
2014). This increase in arrhythmia was primarily the result of the
increased frequency of AF (132.5% increase, from 2898 patients in 2005
to 6955 in 2014), followed by VT (72.1 % increase, from 985 in 2005 to
1735 in 2014) and AFL (192.7% increase, from 427 in 2005 to 1265 in
2014). The frequency of SVT has remained relatively stable over the
years (14.8% increase), as shown in Figure 1 (P<0.001 for all
trends).