Contemporary survival and anticoagulation of patients with atrial fibrillation: A community based cohort study in China.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds

The understanding of death in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) in China is limited. This study aimed to assess the contemporary survival of AF patients in China and to explore risk factors for deaths.

Methods

This was a prospective community-based cohort study including 559 AF patients, who were followed-up from July 2015 to December 2020.

Results

During 66-month follow-up, there were 200 deaths (56.5% cardiovascular, 40.0% non-cardiovascular, and 3.5% unknown causes) among 559 AF patients with the median age of 76 years. The top three causes of death were heart failure (33.0%), ischemic stroke (17.0%) and cancer (16.5%). Multivariate Cox regression analysis indicated baseline variables positively associated with all-cause death were age (HR: 1.10, 9

SUBMITTER: Wei Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9363600 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature