Cancer-specific ischemic complications in elderly Patients with atrial fibrillation. data from the prospective ATHERO-AF study
Cancer may complicate the clinical course of non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) but its association with cardiovascular events (CVEs) is still unclear. We performed a prospective cohort study including 2092 consecutive AF patients on vitamin K antagonists. Principal endpoint was the occurrence of CVEs including fatal/non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI) and ischemic stroke/TIA and cardiovascular death. Secondary endpoints were major adverse cardiac events (MACE) and thromboembolism (TE).