Peripheral Arterial Disease, Stroke, and Mortality in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

I read the paper by Vitalis et al1 with great interest. The authors assessed the impact of peripheral arterial disease on mortality and stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. The adjusted hazard ratio (HR) (95% confidence interval [CI]) of peripheral arterial disease in patients with atrial fibrillation for all-cause mortality was 1.34 (1.06-1.70). In addition, the adjusted HR (95% CI) of peripheral arterial disease in patients with nonanticoagulated atrial fibrillation for ischemic stroke was 3.37 (1.25-9.09).
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Letter Source Type: research