Chronic kidney disease and atrial fibrillation as components of the cardiorenal continuum

Abstract

The paper discusses the present-day idea on a relationship between atrial fibrillation and chronic kidney disease, the specific features of therapeutic policy, and the place of antithrombotic therapy in particular. Based on the results of population-based studies, the authors set forth the specific features of cardiac arrhythmias concurrent with kidney injury, as well as promising directions to optimize management schemes for this category of patients.

Keywords

• atrial fibrillation
• chronic kidney disease
• glomerular filtration rate