Ischemic Stroke in Patients With Congenital Heart Disease and Atrial Fibrillation.
Arvid HolmgrenKok Wai GiangMaria FedchenkoPeter ErikssonMikael DellborgZacharias MandalenakisPublished in: Journal of the American Heart Association (2024)
The risk for ischemic stroke may be 5 times higher in patients with both CHD and AF compared with patients without CHD with AF. However, larger studies may be needed to confirm/refute these results.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- congenital heart disease
- end stage renal disease
- catheter ablation
- oral anticoagulants
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- newly diagnosed
- direct oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- peritoneal dialysis
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- prognostic factors
- venous thromboembolism
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- left ventricular
- case control
- mitral valve