Cause-Specific Mortality in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and Atrial Fibrillation.

CONCLUSIONS: In a non-dialysis-dependent CKD population, the presence of AF was associated with higher all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. These data suggest that patients with both CKD and AF are at high cardiovascular risk, and thus clinical practice (or trials) should aim at reducing the overall excess cardiovascular mortality (not stroke alone) in patients with AF and CKD.
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Source: American Journal of Nephrology - July 26, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Airy M, Schold JD, Jolly SE, Arrigain S, Bansal N, Winkelmayer WC, Nally JV, Navaneethan SD Tags: Am J Nephrol Source Type: research