2018
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
2015
Heart rate is associated with progression of atrial fibrillation, independent of rhythm
Holmqvist F, Kim S, Steinberg BA, Reiffel JA, Mahaffey KW, Gersh BJ, Fonarow GC, Naccarelli GV, Chang P, Freeman JV, Kowey PR, Thomas L, Peterson ED, Piccini JP. Heart rate is associated with progression of atrial fibrillation, independent of rhythm. Heart 2015, 101: 894. PMID: 25732748, PMCID: PMC4453487, DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-307043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtrial fibrillationAF progressionHeart rateBaseline ECGRhythm control strategyBetter Informed TreatmentPredictors of progressionPersistent atrial fibrillationModest discriminatory powerLower heart rateHigher heart rateMore comorbiditiesOutcomes RegistryPatientsClinical practiceInformed TreatmentProgressionStrongest predictorFibrillationPredictorsBaselineAgeECGSustained formsSignificant interaction