Stroke and Major Bleeding Risk in Elderly Patients Aged ≥75 Years With Atrial Fibrillation | Zendy

Gregory Y.H. Lip | Zendy; Nicolas Clémenty | Zendy; Lauriane Pericart | Zendy; Amitava Banerjee | Zendy; Laurent Fauchier | Zendy

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Stroke and Major Bleeding Risk in Elderly Patients Aged ≥75 Years With Atrial Fibrillation

Author(s) -

Gregory Y.H. Lip,

Nicolas Clémenty,

Lauriane Pericart,

Amitava Banerjee,

Laurent Fauchier

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.114.007199

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , atrial fibrillation , hazard ratio , vitamin k antagonist , confidence interval , cohort , proportional hazards model , antithrombotic , cohort study , cardiology , surgery , warfarin , mechanical engineering , engineering

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is increasingly prevalent in the elderly, but such patients tend to be under-represented in clinical trials. Increasing age confers a higher risk of stroke and bleeding when antithrombotic therapy is used. We examined risk factors for stroke and bleeding among elderly (age, >75 years) patients within a real world hospitalized cohort from the Loire Valley AF project.

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