Comparison of prognostic value of atrial fibrillation versus sinus rhythm in patients on long-term hemodialysis

Am J Cardiol. 2003 Oct 1;92(7):868-71. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(03)00904-4.

Abstract

The influence of atrial fibrillation (AF) on the clinical pattern of patients with chronic renal insufficiency on hemodialysis remains unknown despite the cardiovascular pathology in these patients being well documented and being the primary cause of death in this patient population. The objective of this study was to compare the long-term outcome in those patients on our dialysis unit in sinus rhythm with those in AF.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Age Distribution
  • Aged
  • Albumins / analysis
  • Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis*
  • Atrial Fibrillation / epidemiology*
  • Atrial Function / physiology*
  • Comorbidity
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Ischemic Attack, Transient / epidemiology
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / diagnosis
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / epidemiology*
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Prognosis
  • Renal Dialysis*
  • Spain / epidemiology
  • Stroke / epidemiology
  • Survival Analysis
  • Thromboembolism / epidemiology
  • Time

Substances

  • Albumins