Incidence, treatment and mortality of new-onset atrial fibrillation patients at the intensive care unit.
Maartje S JacobsBert LoefAuke C ReidingaMaarten J PostmaMarinus Van HulstRobert G TielemanPublished in: Open heart (2020)
AF is associated with increased mortality in critically ill patients admitted to the ICU. More guidance is needed to optimise anticoagulant treatment in critically ill new-onset AF patients.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- end stage renal disease
- risk factors
- intensive care unit
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- cardiovascular events
- left atrial
- newly diagnosed
- catheter ablation
- venous thromboembolism
- oral anticoagulants
- peritoneal dialysis
- acute coronary syndrome
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- direct oral anticoagulants
- coronary artery disease
- prognostic factors
- mechanical ventilation