Annals of medicine
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Multicenter Study
Mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation and common co-morbidities - a cohort study in primary care.
To study the association between cardiovascular co-morbidities and mortality risk in primary care patients with atrial fibrillation. ⋯ In this clinical setting, CHF and cerebrovascular diseases were consistently associated with mortality in all age-groups. The possible protective effect by hypertension among elderly women should be interpreted with caution. KEY MESSAGES We found congestive heart failure and cerebrovascular diseases to be consistently associated with mortality in both women and men. We found hypertension to be associated with lower mortality risk among women ≥75 years of age, although this finding must be interpreted with caution. Depression was found to be associated with increased mortality risk among men and women aged 65-74 years of age.