Bidirectional Association Between Atrial Fibrillation and Myocardial Infarction, and Relation to Mortality in the Framingham Heart Study.
Tanja Charlotte FrederiksenEmelia J BenjaminLudovic TrinquartHonghuang LinChristina Catherine DahmMorten Krogh ChristiansenHenrik Kjaerulf JensenSarah R PreisJelena KornejPublished in: Journal of the American Heart Association (2024)
We report a bidirectional association between AF and MI, which was observed for both non-ST-segment-elevation MI and ST-segment-elevation MI. Participants with both AF and MI had considerably higher mortality compared with participants with only 1 of the 2 conditions, regardless of order.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- heart failure
- cardiovascular events
- left atrial
- oral anticoagulants
- catheter ablation
- left atrial appendage
- direct oral anticoagulants
- risk factors
- left ventricular
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- cardiovascular disease
- type diabetes
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- venous thromboembolism