Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Clinical characteristics and prognostic significance of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients with atrial fibrillation: results from a multicenter atrial fibrillation registry study.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are 2 common morbidities and often coexist. Studies have shown that COPD is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, but the characteristics in patients with COPD and AF, as well as the impact of COPD on the outcomes of AF were lacking. The aim of present study was to analyze the clinical characteristics and to evaluate the association of COPD with 1-year outcomes in patients with AF. ⋯ Anticoagulation treatment is inadequate in patients with AF and COPD. The presence of COPD in patients with AF is an independent risk factor for 1-year all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality but not a risk factor for stroke.