Association Between Preexisting Versus Newly Identified Atrial Fibrillation and Outcomes of Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Association Between Preexisting Versus Newly Identified Atrial Fibrillation and Outcomes of Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) may exist before or occur early in the course of pulmonary embolism (PE). We determined the PE outcomes based on the presence and timing of AF. Methods and Results Using the data from a multicenter PE registry, we identified 3 groups: (1) those with preexisting AF...

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Main Authors: Behnood Bikdeli, David Jiménez, Jorge del Toro, Gregory Piazza, Agustina Rivas, José Luis Fernández‐Reyes, Ángel Sampériz, Remedios Otero, José María Suriñach, Carmine Siniscalchi, Javier Miguel Martín‐Guerra, Joaquín Castro, Alfonso Muriel, Gregory Y. H. Lip, Samuel Z. Goldhaber, Manuel Monreal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-09-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
atrial fibrillation
mortality
outcome
pulmonary embolism
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.121.021467

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