Usefulness of Self-Reported Physical Activity and Clinical Outcomes in Older Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

Current guidelines encourage regular physical activity (PA) to gain cardiovascular health benefit. However, little is known about whether older adults with atrial fibrillation (AF) who engage in the guideline-recommended level of PA are less likely to experience clinically relevant outcomes. We did a retrospective study based on the data from Systemic Assessment of Geriatric Elements in AF (SAGE-AF) prospective cohort study. The study population consisted of older participants with AF ( ≥65 years) and a congestive heart failure, hypertension, age, diabetes, stroke vascular disease, age 65 to 75 and sex(CHA2DS2-VASc) score ≥2.

Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - August 16, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Qiying Dai, Jordy Mehawej, Jane S. Saczynski, Khanh-Van Tran, Hawa O. Abu, Darleen Lessard, Andreas Fillippaios, Tenes Paul, Essa Hariri, Weijia Wang, Mayra Tisminetzky, Apurv Soni, Sakeina Howard-Wilson, Molly E. Waring, Robert J. Goldberg, David D. McMa Source Type: research