Atrial fibrillation detected at screening is not a benign condition: outcomes in screen-detected versus clinically detected atrial fibrillation. Results from the Prevention of Renal and Vascular End-stage Disease (PREVEND) study.
Victor W ZwartkruisBastiaan GeelhoedNavin SuthaharStephan J L BakkerRon T GansevoortIsabelle C van GelderRudolf A de BoerMichiel RienstraPublished in: Open heart (2022)
Screen-detected incident AF was associated with an increased risk of adverse outcomes, especially all-cause mortality and incident HF. The risk of outcomes was not significantly different between screen-detected AF and clinically detected AF.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- high throughput
- left atrial
- oral anticoagulants
- cardiovascular disease
- catheter ablation
- left atrial appendage
- heart failure
- direct oral anticoagulants
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- venous thromboembolism
- metabolic syndrome
- adipose tissue
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- left ventricular