Open AccessUltrafiltration rate and incident atrial fibrillation among older individuals initiating hemodialysis
Author(s) -
Jennifer E. Flythe,
Sai Liu,
Maria E. MontezRath,
Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer,
Tara I. Chang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nephrology, dialysis, transplantation/nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfaa332
Subject(s) - atrial fibrillation , medicine , hazard ratio , hemodialysis , cardiology , proportional hazards model , dialysis , confidence interval
Higher ultrafiltration (UF) rates are associated with numerous adverse cardiovascular outcomes among individuals receiving maintenance hemodialysis. We undertook this study to investigate the association of UF rate and incident atrial fibrillation in a large, nationally representative US cohort of incident, older hemodialysis patients.