Risk of Thromboembolic Events in Atrial Fibrillation With Chronic Kidney Disease
Author(s) -
WuTao Zeng,
Xiuting Sun,
Kai Tang,
WeiYi Mei,
Lijuan Liu,
Qing Xu,
YunJiu Cheng
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.114.006881
Subject(s) - medicine , renal function , atrial fibrillation , kidney disease , stroke (engine) , thromboembolic stroke , confidence interval , cardiology , embolism , relative risk , meta analysis , mechanical engineering , engineering
Chronic kidney disease may increase the risk for ischemic stroke or systemic embolism in patients with nonvalular atrial fibrillation (AF). We conducted a meta-analysis to summarize all published studies to investigate the link between chronic kidney disease and risk of thromboembolic events in AF.
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