Life expectancy after complications of AF improved since 2000; bleeding remains concern

Key takeaways:

Survival time after AF complications including stroke, HF and MI improved from 2000 to 2022.

Loss of lifetime remained unchanged for patients with AF who experienced gastrointestinal or intracranial bleeding.

Loss of lifetime improved for patients with complications including stroke, HF and heart attack after a new atrial fibrillation diagnosis, but not for other adverse events including gastrointestinal or intracranial bleeding, data show.

The results of a nationwide study evaluating trends in survival after complications of AF in Denmark were published in the European Heart Journal – Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes .

“We were motivated by the need to better understand how the prognosis of AF complications has evolved over time ,” Nicklas Vinter, MD, PhD