Hospitalizations for cardiovascular events and risk for all cause and cardiovascular mortality in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation treated with oral anticoagulants: beyond preventing thromboembolism.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Elderly patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are at increased risk of death, despite oral anticoagulant (OAC) treatment. We estimated the risk of all cause and cardiovascular (CV) death associated with hospitalizations for cardiovascular events (CVEs).

Setting

Retrospective cohort study.

Methods

OAC treated patients (≥ 75 years) (n = 2161) discharged from a Swedish cardiology clinic with AF or atrial flutter (AFL) as main diagnosis between 2010 and 2017, were followed up for 12 months. Hospitalizations for CVEs were recorded from the national patient registry and diagnoses combined in five groups: heart failure (HF); stroke/ transient ischemic attack (TIA)/systemic embolism (SE); acute myocardial infarction and peripheral artery disease; bleeding; and oth

SUBMITTER: Candeloro M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12687549 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature