Prevalence and Associated Stroke Risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients With Atrial Fibrillation 　- A Nationwide Cohort Study.

CONCLUSIONS: The risks of ischemic stroke/SE and major bleeding were significantly higher in HIV-infected patients compared with non-HIV-infected patients with AF. Despite this, the actual use of OACs among AF patients with HIV was suboptimal.
PMID: 31619594 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Circulation Journal - October 16, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Jung H, Yang PS, Jang E, Yu HT, Kim TH, Uhm JS, Kim JY, Sung JH, Pak HN, Lee MH, Lip GYH, Joung B Tags: Circ J Source Type: research