Worsening renal function, adverse clinical events, and major determinants for changes of renal function in patients with atrial fibrillation: a Japanese multicenter registry substudy.

Conclusion: Age ≥75 years, body weight ≤50 kg, a history of heart failure, and initially preserved renal function appear to promote renal dysfunction in patients with AF, but a history of AF ablation seems to have a favorable effect. Worsening renal function seems to increase AF patients' risk of adverse clinical events. Renal function can decline quickly; thus, early intervention including AF ablation is warranted. PMID: 31204852 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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