Type of atrial fibrillation and outcomes in patients without oral anticoagulants.
Jiameng RenYanmin YangJun ZhuShuang WuJuan WangHan ZhangXing-Hui ShaoSiqi LyuPublished in: Clinical cardiology (2020)
In Chinese AF patients who were not on OAC, NPAF was an independent predictor of thromboembolism and mortality. The addition of NPAF to the CHA2 DS2 -VASc score allowed an improvement in the accuracy of the prediction of thromboembolic events.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- oral anticoagulants
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- end stage renal disease
- direct oral anticoagulants
- left atrial appendage
- chronic kidney disease
- heart failure
- ejection fraction
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- newly diagnosed
- metabolic syndrome
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- cardiovascular events
- adipose tissue
- type diabetes
- cardiovascular disease
- risk factors
- weight loss
- insulin resistance
- patient reported