Incidence of thromboembolic stroke and of major bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation and chronic kidney disease treated with and without warfarin.

25 However, there was a borderline significant finding that persons with chronic renal failure (undefined by the authors) were less likely to be anticoagulated at discharge, making it difficult to draw any conclusions regarding patients with CKD from this paper. 25 In an observational study analyzing US Renal Data Service DMMS Wave (Dialysis Morbidity and Mortality Wave 2 Study) data, 123 persons were hospitalized for AF, and 90 (73%) died by the 2.92-year follow-up. 26 Among these persons, only use of warfarin and systolic blood pressure higher than 130 mm Hg were associated with increased survival.

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