Prognostic Importance of Atrial Fibrillation and Anticoagulation in Alcoholic Versus Dilated Cardiomyopathy.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Limited data exist to describe the prognostic impact of atrial fibrillation (AF) and oral anticoagulation on patients with alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM) compared with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and were investigated in this study.

Methods

Using Danish nationwide registries, a cohort analysis was conducted to assess the prognostic differences for patients with a first diagnosis of ACM versus DCM with and without AF 1994-2018 (followed until end 2019). Our study also assessed differences in mortality following initiation of anticoagulation in both populations.

Results

Totally, 1237 patients with ACM (33% with AF) and 17,211 individuals with DCM (33% with AF) were included. Those with ACM were more often men (89 versus 71%) and younger than patients with DCM (mea

SUBMITTER: Manivannan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11484641 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature