Key result
HF is the most common major event in AF with ~6% cumulative incidence over a decade.
Why the study?
Atrial fibrillation remains a major cause of stroke, heart failure, and sudden death worldwide, but the cumulative incidence of these events over time is not well defined.
Population
2352 ambulant and hospitalized patients with atrial fibrillation
Design
Cohort study
Follow-up
11 years
Authors
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Event rates in this AF cohort highlight ongoing risks; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Cohort (n=2,352)
In a cohort of 2352 patients with atrial fibrillation followed for 11 years, heart failure was the most common major cardiovascular event (5.73%), followed by stroke (2.56%).
Naser et al. (2017) conducted a cohort in Atrial fibrillation (n=2,352). Atrial fibrillation was evaluated on Cardiac and cerebrovascular events (myocardial infarction, heart failure, stroke, sudden cardiac death). Patients with atrial fibrillation followed for 11 years had cumulative incidences of heart failure (5.73%), stroke (2.56%), sudden cardiac death (1.71%), and myocardial infarction (1.20%).
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