Open AccessAssociation between gastroesophageal reflux disease and atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Lu Xu,
Yu Zhang,
Jiarong Xie,
Yi Liu,
Lei Xu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2019.5389/2017
Subject(s) - gerd , medicine , meta analysis , subgroup analysis , atrial fibrillation , reflux , risk factor , cross sectional study , disease , gastroenterology , pathology
associations between gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and atrial fibrillation (AF) are inconclusive. Some studies found that AF was a risk factor for GERD whereas other studies showed opposite results. The primary objective of this study was to systematically evaluate whether GERD and AF have a bidirectional association using a meta-analysis.