Hemorrhagic Versus Ischemic Risk in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation on Hemodialysis

Abstract Background Hemodialysis (HD) patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) have a particularly high risk of stroke and bleeding, but no high-quality evidence-based recommendations exist to properly manage these patients. Objectives We aim to evaluate the ischemic versus the hemorrhagic risk in a HD population with AF. Methods We selected incident patients that started hemodialysis between 2011 and 2015. All patients that had AF before HD, or developed AF during the follow-up, were included. Both CHA2DS2 -VASC and HAS-BLED scores were calculated at the time of beginning of HD or AF diagnosis and correlated with the outcomes using a logistic regression model. The outcomes were hemorrhagic events, ischemic events and death related to any of these events. A p-value