Atrial fibrillation is frequent but does not affect risk stratification in pulmonary embolism.
M EbnerN I J RoggeA S ParwaniC SentlerM H LerchbaumerB PieskeS V KonstantinidesG HasenfußR WachterMareike LankeitPublished in: Journal of internal medicine (2019)
Atrial fibrillation is a frequent finding in PE, affecting more than 10% of patients. However, AF was not associated with a higher risk of in-hospital adverse outcomes and did not affect the prognostic performance of risk assessment strategies. Thus, our data support the use of risk stratification tools for patients with acute PE irrespective of the heart rhythm on admission.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- pulmonary embolism
- risk assessment
- oral anticoagulants
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- heart failure
- left atrial appendage
- direct oral anticoagulants
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- inferior vena cava
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- newly diagnosed
- healthcare
- emergency department
- prognostic factors
- electronic health record
- human health
- acute coronary syndrome
- big data
- heart rate
- patient reported
- machine learning
- left ventricular
- mitral valve
- artificial intelligence