title: Transient New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation Is Associated With Poor Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Atrial fibrillation (AF) is considered to be associated with poor clinical outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, it remains uncertain whether transient new-onset AF (NOAF) during AMI has a subsequent increased risk of poor clinical outcomes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Transient NOAF was defined as AF that developed during AMI without a prior history and not documented for 1 month after discharge. The primary endpoints were major adverse cardiac events (MACE) and all-cause death. We enrolled 2,105 consecutive AMI patients. Overall, AF was observed in 209 (9.9%) and transient NOAF occurred in 102 (4.8%) among 150 patients (7.1%) with NOAF. The transient NOAF group showed higher 1-month (21.8 vs. 7.0%, P<0.001), 2-year (37.8 vs. 20.7%, P<0.001), and 5-year MACE rates (51.8 vs. 28.0%, P<0.001) than the group without AF. In-hospital (16.7 vs. 5.2%, P<0.001), 1-month (17.9 vs. 5.7%, P<0.001), 2-year (30.0 vs. 11.6%, P<0.001), and 5-year mortality rates (36.9 vs. 14.0%, P<0.001) were also higher in patients with transient NOAF. Transient NOAF was a significant independent predictor of both MACE (hazard ratio [HR] 1.55, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.10-2.18, P=0.013) and death (HR 1.87, 95% CI 1.22-2.85, P=0.004).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Transient NOAF was associated with the poorer clinical outcomes and was an important independent predictor of MACE and death in AMI patients. (Circ J 2016; 80: 1615-1623).
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine.
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wi
authors.forename: Dong-Ho
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Jung-Sun
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Byeong-Keuk
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Young-Guk
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Donghoon
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Myeong-Ki
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Yangsoo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D012307:Risk Factors