Prevalence and sex- and age-related risk of pulmonary embolism in in-hospital patients with atrial fibrillation: a multicenter retrospective study from China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study was designed to explore the prevalence of pulmonary embolism (PE) and sex and age-related risk of incident PE in in-hospital patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) in China.

Methods

A retrospective cohort of 15,688 AF patients (mean age: 72.56 years; 55.7% male) was identified from 2008 to 2018 in our hospitals. The prevalence and incidence of PE over a 2.28-year follow-up were studied. Unadjusted, age or sex-adjusted, and multivariate Cox regression were used to explore the risk of PE in the studied patients.

Results

One hundred eighty-two AF patients (1.2%) had PE at their first hospitalizations. Over a mean follow-up of 2.28 years, 85 patients developed PE, with an incidence of 0.24% per person-year. PE was more likely to occur in female and o

SUBMITTER: Bai Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7791195 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature