Atrial fibrillation and risks of cardiovascular disease, renal disease, and death: systematic review and meta-analysis

To quantify the association between atrial fibrillation and cardiovascular disease, renal disease, and death.

Systematic review and meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES: Medline and Embase. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Cohort studies examining the association between atrial fibrillation and cardiovascular disease, renal disease, and death. Two reviewers independently extracted study characteristics and the relative risk of outcomes associated with atrial fibrillation: specifically, all cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, major cardiovascular events, any stroke, ischaemic stroke, haemorrhagic stroke, ischaemic heart disease, sudden cardiac death, congestive heart failure, chronic kidney disease, and peripheral arterial disease. Estimates were pooled with inverse variance weighted random effects meta-analysis.