Atrial fibrillation and risk of stroke in dialysis patients

• Published in: Annals of epidemiology Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 112 - 118
• Main Authors: Wetmore, James B., MD, MS, Ellerbeck, Edward F., MD, MPH, Mahnken, Jonathan D., PhD, Phadnis, Milind, PhD, Rigler, Sally K., MD, MPH, Mukhopadhyay, Purna, PhD, Spertus, John A., MD, MPH, Zhou, Xinhua, PhD, Hou, Qingjiang, MS, Shireman, Theresa I., PhD, RPh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2013
• Subjects: Aged; Asian Americans - statistics & numerical data; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial Fibrillation - epidemiology; Causality; Cerebral Hemorrhage - epidemiology; Chronic Disease - epidemiology; Cohort Studies; Comorbidity; Dialysis; End-stage renal disease; European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data; Female; Hispanic Americans - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Incidence; Internal Medicine; Kidney Failure, Chronic - epidemiology; Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy; Male; Medicaid; Medicare; Middle Aged; Renal Dialysis - utilization; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Stroke; Stroke - epidemiology; United States - epidemiology; United States; End-stage renal disease; Stroke; Dialysis; Medicare; Medicaid; Atrial fibrillation

Abstract Purpose Both stroke and chronic atrial fibrillation (AF) are common in dialysis patients, but uncertainty exists in the incidence of new strokes and the risk conferred by chronic AF. Methods A cohort of dually eligible (Medicare and Medicaid) incident dialysis patients was constructed. Medi...