An abstract titled, “Disparities in Atrial Fibrillation Clinical Outcomes: Race, Ethnicity, and Sex Differences in Risk of Incident Heart Failure, Stroke, and Mortality,” was published in the American Heart Association’s Circulation by authors Xichong Liu, MD, Elena Vasti, MD, MPH, Evelyn Wu, MD, Gavin Hui, MD, C. William Pike, MD, and Shriram Nallamshetty, MD. The authors are affiliated with Stanford Health Care, VA Palo Alto Health Care, and Atropos Health.
Short Summary:
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with significant comorbidities, including stroke and tachyarrhythmia-associated heart failure (HF). The role of patient characteristics such as race, ethnicity and sex have been implicated in AF, especially in the risk of cardioembolic stroke, however the risk of incident AF-associated HF and clinical outcomes are less established. This study aims to characterize clinical outcomes in new onset AF and AF mediated cardiomyopathy across race, ethnicity and sex.