Prognostic impact of heart rate during atrial fibrillation on clinical outcomes in elderly non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients: ANAFIE Registry sub-cohort study

CONCLUSIONS: Elderly Japanese patients with non-paroxysmal NVAF and a heart rate ≥110 bpm have an increased risk of cardiac events. There was no interaction between heart rate category and the relative risk of adverse clinical events in patients taking DOACs compared with those taking warfarin.PMID:36427691 | DOI:10.1016/j.jjcc.2022.11.011

Source: Journal of Cardiology - November 25, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Takanori Ikeda Takeshi Yamashita Masaharu Akao Hirotsugu Atarashi Yukihiro Koretsune Ken Okumura Wataru Shimizu Shinya Suzuki Hiroyuki Tsutsui Kazunori Toyoda Atsushi Hirayama Masahiro Yasaka Takenori Yamaguchi Satoshi Teramukai Tetsuya Kimura Yoshiyuki M Source Type: research