Pharmacotherapy for Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: Insights From ORBIT‐AF
Washam JB, Holmes DN, Thomas LE, Pokorney SD, Hylek EM, Fonarow GC, Mahaffey KW, Gersh BJ, Kowey PR, Ansell JE, Go AS, Reiffel JA, Freeman JV, Singer DE, Naccarelli G, Blanco R, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. Pharmacotherapy for Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: Insights From ORBIT‐AF. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2018, 7: e008928. PMID: 30371218, PMCID: PMC6222961, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.118.008928.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdministration, OralAgedAged, 80 and overAnti-Arrhythmia AgentsAnticoagulantsAtrial FibrillationDabigatranDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesRegistriesRenal Insufficiency, ChronicRisk FactorsStrokeTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeWarfarinConceptsBackground Chronic kidney diseaseAntiarrhythmic drug useTransient ischemic attackChronic kidney diseaseAtrial fibrillationAdvanced CKDCKD statusIschemic attackSystemic embolismCause mortalityCreatinine clearanceRhythm controlKidney diseaseDrug useAtrial fibrillation scoreBaseline renal functionOral anticoagulant useRhythm control strategyCox proportional hazardsCKD patientsMajor bleedingOAC useCardiovascular deathCKD stageHigher CHA