Open AccessPresence of Atrial Fibrillation at the Time of Dialysis Initiation Is Associated with Mortality and Cardiovascular Events
Author(s) -
Akihito Tanaka,
Daijo Inaguma,
Hibiki Shinjo,
Mitsunobu Murata,
Asami Takeda
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the nephron journals/nephron journals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2235-3186
pISSN - 1660-8151
DOI - 10.1159/000443314
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , dialysis , hazard ratio , cardiology , prospective cohort study , risk factor , proportional hazards model , confidence interval
Death in dialysis patients results mainly from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. To our knowledge, no prospective study has compared the rates of mortality or cardiovascular events between patients with and without atrial fibrillation (AF) at the time of dialysis initiation.