Elisavet Moutzouri, Christina Lyko, Martin Feller, Manuel Raphael Blum, Luise Adam, Steffen Blum, Stefanie Aeschbacher, Urs Fischer, Laurent Roten, Cinzia Del Giovane, Christine S Meyer-Zuern, Giulio Conte, Leo H Bonati, Giorgio Moschovitis, Michael Kühne, Juerg Beer, Drahomir Aujesky, Stefan Osswald, David Conen, Nicolas Rodondi
Objective: To evaluate if subclinical thyroid dysfunction is associated with cardiovascular (CV) risk in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Methods: Swiss-AF is a prospective cohort of community-dwelling participants aged ≥ 65 years with AF. Primary outcome was a composite endpoint of CV events (myocardial infarctions, stroke/transitory ischemic events, systemic embolism, heart failure (HF) hospitalizations, CV deaths). Secondary outcomes were component endpoints, total mortality, and AF-progression...
August 3, 2021: European Journal of Endocrinology