Atrial Fibrillation and Cause-Specific Risks of Pulmonary Embolism and Ischemic Stroke
Source at https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.006502 . Background : Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a well‐established risk factor for ischemic stroke (IS). Emerging evidence also indicates an association between AF and pulmonary embolism (PE). Because IS may potentially mediate the observed risk of PE in...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/13516 2023-05-15T18:34:54+02:00 Atrial Fibrillation and Cause-Specific Risks of Pulmonary Embolism and Ischemic Stroke Hald, Erin Mathiesen Rinde, Ludvig Balteskard Løchen, Maja-Lisa Mathiesen, Ellisiv B. Wilsgaard, Tom Njølstad, Inger Brækkan, Sigrid Kufaas Hansen, John-Bjarne 2018-01-29 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/13516 https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.006502 eng eng Wiley Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association Hald, E.M., Rinde, L.B., Løchen, M.-L., Mathiesen, E.B., Wilsgaard, T., Njølstad, I., . Hansen, J.B. (2018). Atrial Fibrillation and Cause-Specific Risks of Pulmonary Embolism and Ischemic Stroke. Journal of the American Heart Association, 7(3), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.006502 FRIDAID 1564410 doi:10.1161/JAHA.117.006502 2047-9980 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/13516 openAccess VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Hematologi: 775 VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Hematology: 775 ischemic stroke pulmonary embolism epidemiology atrial fibrillation risk factor Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed 2018 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.006502 2021-06-25T17:55:53Z Source at https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.006502 . Background : Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a well‐established risk factor for ischemic stroke (IS). Emerging evidence also indicates an association between AF and pulmonary embolism (PE). Because IS may potentially mediate the observed risk of PE in AF, we aimed to assess the impact of AF on the cause‐specific risks of PE and IS in a large cohort recruited from the general population. Methods and Results : We observed 29 842 participants from 3 surveys of the Tromsø study (inclusion in 1994–1995, 2001–2002, and 2007–2008) to the end of 2012. Incident events of AF, IS, and PE during follow‐up were recorded, and information on potential confounders was obtained at baseline. Cox regression models, with AF as a time‐dependent variable, were used to calculate cause‐specific hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for PE and IS. There were 2067 participants diagnosed as having AF, 296 with PE and 1164 with IS, during a median of 17.6 years of follow‐up. The risks of PE (HR, 10.88; 95% CI, 6.23–18.89) and IS (HR, 6.16; 95% CI, 4.47–8.48) were substantially increased during the first 6 months after AF diagnosis, with crude incidence rates of 18.5 per 1000 person‐years for PE and 52.8 per 1000 person‐years for IS. The risk estimates remained elevated for both PE (HR, 1.72; 95% CI, 1.10–2.71) and IS (HR, 2.45; 95% CI, 2.05–2.92) throughout the study period. Conclusions : AF was associated with increased cause‐specific risks of both PE and IS. Our findings infer that the risk of PE in AF is not explained by intermediate IS. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tromsø University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Tromsø Journal of the American Heart Association 7 3 |
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VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Hematologi: 775 VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Hematology: 775 ischemic stroke pulmonary embolism epidemiology atrial fibrillation risk factor Hald, Erin Mathiesen Rinde, Ludvig Balteskard Løchen, Maja-Lisa Mathiesen, Ellisiv B. Wilsgaard, Tom Njølstad, Inger Brækkan, Sigrid Kufaas Hansen, John-Bjarne Atrial Fibrillation and Cause-Specific Risks of Pulmonary Embolism and Ischemic Stroke |
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Source at https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.006502 . Background : Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a well‐established risk factor for ischemic stroke (IS). Emerging evidence also indicates an association between AF and pulmonary embolism (PE). Because IS may potentially mediate the observed risk of PE in AF, we aimed to assess the impact of AF on the cause‐specific risks of PE and IS in a large cohort recruited from the general population. Methods and Results : We observed 29 842 participants from 3 surveys of the Tromsø study (inclusion in 1994–1995, 2001–2002, and 2007–2008) to the end of 2012. Incident events of AF, IS, and PE during follow‐up were recorded, and information on potential confounders was obtained at baseline. Cox regression models, with AF as a time‐dependent variable, were used to calculate cause‐specific hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for PE and IS. There were 2067 participants diagnosed as having AF, 296 with PE and 1164 with IS, during a median of 17.6 years of follow‐up. The risks of PE (HR, 10.88; 95% CI, 6.23–18.89) and IS (HR, 6.16; 95% CI, 4.47–8.48) were substantially increased during the first 6 months after AF diagnosis, with crude incidence rates of 18.5 per 1000 person‐years for PE and 52.8 per 1000 person‐years for IS. The risk estimates remained elevated for both PE (HR, 1.72; 95% CI, 1.10–2.71) and IS (HR, 2.45; 95% CI, 2.05–2.92) throughout the study period. Conclusions : AF was associated with increased cause‐specific risks of both PE and IS. Our findings infer that the risk of PE in AF is not explained by intermediate IS. |
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Hald, Erin Mathiesen Rinde, Ludvig Balteskard Løchen, Maja-Lisa Mathiesen, Ellisiv B. Wilsgaard, Tom Njølstad, Inger Brækkan, Sigrid Kufaas Hansen, John-Bjarne |
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Hald, Erin Mathiesen Rinde, Ludvig Balteskard Løchen, Maja-Lisa Mathiesen, Ellisiv B. Wilsgaard, Tom Njølstad, Inger Brækkan, Sigrid Kufaas Hansen, John-Bjarne |
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Atrial Fibrillation and Cause-Specific Risks of Pulmonary Embolism and Ischemic Stroke |
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Atrial Fibrillation and Cause-Specific Risks of Pulmonary Embolism and Ischemic Stroke |
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Atrial Fibrillation and Cause-Specific Risks of Pulmonary Embolism and Ischemic Stroke |
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Atrial Fibrillation and Cause-Specific Risks of Pulmonary Embolism and Ischemic Stroke |
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Atrial Fibrillation and Cause-Specific Risks of Pulmonary Embolism and Ischemic Stroke |
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atrial fibrillation and cause-specific risks of pulmonary embolism and ischemic stroke |
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Journal of the American Heart Association Hald, E.M., Rinde, L.B., Løchen, M.-L., Mathiesen, E.B., Wilsgaard, T., Njølstad, I., . Hansen, J.B. (2018). Atrial Fibrillation and Cause-Specific Risks of Pulmonary Embolism and Ischemic Stroke. Journal of the American Heart Association, 7(3), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.006502 FRIDAID 1564410 doi:10.1161/JAHA.117.006502 2047-9980 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/13516 |
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