Impact of atrial fibrillation on the risk of ischemic stroke in patients on hemodialysis: BOREAS-HD3 Study.

Ayumu KimuraMarenao TanakaNorihito MoniwaArata OsanamiKoki AbeDaisuke MiyamoriYufu GochoSatoru ShibataMakoto TerasawaYusuke OkazakiTomohisa YamashitaMasayuki KoyamaMasato FuruhashiHirofumi OhnishiTetsuji Miura

Published in: Clinical and experimental nephrology (2020)

Present analyses using comprehensive adjustment for multiple confounders, including prior history of ischemic stroke, indicated that AF independently increases the risk of new-onset of ischemic stroke by more than twofold in Japanese HD patients.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
heart failure
acute coronary syndrome
left atrial appendage
oral anticoagulants
left ventricular
catheter ablation
percutaneous coronary intervention
patient reported