ヨシダ タクオ   YOSHIDA Takuo
  吉田 拓生
   所属   医学部 医学科(東京女子医科大学病院)
   職種   非常勤講師
論文種別 原著
言語種別 英語
査読の有無 査読あり
表題 Rhythm-control therapy for new-onset atrial fibrillation in critically ill patients: A post hoc analysis from the prospective multicenter observational AFTER-ICU study.
掲載誌名 正式名:International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature
略  称:Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc
ISSNコード:23529067/23529067
掲載区分国外
巻・号・頁 33,pp.100742
著者・共著者 Yoshida Takuo, Uchino Shigehiko, Sasabuchi Yusuke, Kyo Michihito, Igarashi Takashi, Inoue Haruka,
発行年月 2021/04
概要 Background:Sustained new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) in the intensive care unit has been reported to be associated with poor outcomes. However, in critical illness, whether rhythm-control therapy can achieve sinus rhythm (SR) restoration is unknown. This study aimed to assess the impact of rhythm-control therapy on SR restoration for new-onset AF in critically ill patients.Methods:This post-hoc analysis of a prospective multicenter observational study involving 32 Japan intensive care units compared patients with and without rhythm-control therapy for new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) and conducted a multivariable analysis using Cox proportional hazards regression analysis including rhythm-control therapy as a time-varying covariate for SR restoration.Results:Of 423 new-onset AF patients, 178 patients (42%) underwent rhythm-control therapy. Among those patients, 131 (31%) underwent rhythm-control therapy within 6 h after AF onset. Magnesium sulphate was the most frequently used rhythm-control drug. The Cox proportional hazards model for SR restoration showed that rhythm-control therapy had a significant positive association with SR restoration (adjusted hazard ratio: 1.46; 95% confidence interval: 1.16-1.85). However, the rhythm-control group had numerically higher hospital mortality than the non-rhythm-control group (31% vs. 23%, p = 0.09).Conclusions:Rhythm-control therapy for new-onset AF in critically ill patients was associated with SR restoration. However, patients with rhythm-control therapy had poorer prognosis, possibly due to selection bias. These findings may provide important insight for the design and feasibility of interventional studies assessing rhythm-control therapy in new-onset AF.
DOI 10.1016/j.ijcha.2021.100742
PMID 33732869