Long-term risk of adverse outcomes according to atrial fibrillation type.

Blum, Steffen; Aeschbacher, Stefanie; Coslovsky, Michael; Meyre, Pascal B; Reddiess, Philipp; Ammann, Peter; Erne, Paul; Moschovitis, Giorgio; Di Valentino, Marcello; Shah, Dipen; Schläpfer, Jürg; Müller, Rahel; Beer, Jürg H; Kobza, Richard; Bonati, Leo H; Moutzouri, Elisavet; Rodondi, Nicolas; Meyer-Zürn, Christine; Kühne, Michael; Sticherling, Christian; ... (2022). Long-term risk of adverse outcomes according to atrial fibrillation type. Scientific reports, 12(1), p. 2208. Springer Nature 10.1038/s41598-022-05688-9

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Sustained forms of atrial fibrillation (AF) may be associated with a higher risk of adverse outcomes, but few if any long-term studies took into account changes of AF type and co-morbidities over time. We prospectively followed 3843 AF patients and collected information on AF type and co-morbidities during yearly follow-ups. The primary outcome was a composite of stroke or systemic embolism (SE). Secondary outcomes included myocardial infarction, hospitalization for congestive heart failure (CHF), bleeding and all-cause mortality. Multivariable adjusted Cox proportional hazards models with time-varying covariates were used to compare hazard ratios (HR) according to AF type. At baseline 1895 (49%), 1046 (27%) and 902 (24%) patients had paroxysmal, persistent and permanent AF and 3234 (84%) were anticoagulated. After a median (IQR) follow-up of 3.0 (1.9; 4.2) years, the incidence of stroke/SE was 1.0 per 100 patient-years. The incidence of myocardial infarction, CHF, bleeding and all-cause mortality was 0.7, 3.0, 2.9 and 2.7 per 100 patient-years, respectively. The multivariable adjusted (a) HRs (95% confidence interval) for stroke/SE were 1.13 (0.69; 1.85) and 1.27 (0.83; 1.95) for time-updated persistent and permanent AF, respectively. The corresponding aHRs were 1.23 (0.89, 1.69) and 1.45 (1.12; 1.87) for all-cause mortality, 1.34 (1.00; 1.80) and 1.30 (1.01; 1.67) for CHF, 0.91 (0.48; 1.72) and 0.95 (0.56; 1.59) for myocardial infarction, and 0.89 (0.70; 1.14) and 1.00 (0.81; 1.24) for bleeding. In this large prospective cohort of AF patients, time-updated AF type was not associated with incident stroke/SE.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of General Internal Medicine (DAIM) > Clinic of General Internal Medicine > Centre of Competence for General Internal Medicine
04 Faculty of Medicine > Medical Education > Institute of General Practice and Primary Care (BIHAM)
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of General Internal Medicine (DAIM) > Clinic of General Internal Medicine

UniBE Contributor:

Moutzouri Beifuss, Elisavet, Rodondi, Nicolas

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services

ISSN:

2045-2322

Publisher:

Springer Nature

Funders:

[4] Swiss National Science Foundation ; [116] Swiss Heart Foundation = Schweizerische Herzstiftung

Language:

English

Submitter:

Doris Kopp Heim

Date Deposited:

14 Feb 2022 16:35

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 16:08

Publisher DOI:

10.1038/s41598-022-05688-9

PubMed ID:

35140237

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/165476

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/165476

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