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New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19: Results From the American Heart Association COVID-19 Cardiovascular Registry.

Anna G RosenblattColby R AyersAnjali RaoStacey J HowellNicholas S HendrenRonit H ZadikanyJoseph E EbingerJames D DanielsMark S LinkJames A de LemosSandeep R Das
Published in: Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology (2022)
New-onset AF was common (5.4%) among patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Almost half of patients with new-onset AF died during their index hospitalization. After multivariable adjustment for comorbidities and disease severity, new-onset AF was not statistically significantly associated with death, suggesting that new-onset AF in these patients may primarily be a marker of other adverse clinical factors rather than an independent driver of mortality. Causality between the MACE composites and AF needs to be further evaluated.
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