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Incident Atrial Fibrillation and Risk of End-Stage Renal Disease in Adults With Chronic Kidney Disease
Author(s) -
Nisha Bansal,
Dongjie Fan,
Chiyuan Hsu,
Juan D. Ordoñez,
Gregory M. Marcus,
Alan S. Go
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.112.123992
Subject(s) - medicine , kidney disease , atrial fibrillation , end stage renal disease , hazard ratio , dialysis , renal function , epidemiology , confidence interval , cardiology , disease
Atrial fibrillation (AF) frequently occurs in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, the long-term impact of development of AF on the risk of adverse renal outcomes in patients with CKD is unknown. In this study, we determined the association between incident AF and risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) among adults with CKD.

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