%0 Journal Article
%T Atrial fibrillation and falls: a mechanistic or age-confounded relationship?
%J Mayo Clinic proceedings
%D 2020
%A Hu, Tiffany
%A Noheria, Amit
%A Asirvatham, Samuel J.
%V 95
%N 4
%P 632-635
%X <p> Beyond age, traditionally recognized risk factors for falls include unsteady gait, muscle weakness, impaired cognition, and poly- pharmacy. Malik et al2 present a detailed systematic review evaluating the role of atrial fibrillation (AF) in falls/syncope and conclude that AF is independently associated with falls (odds ratio [OR], 1.19; 95% CI, 1.07-1.33) and syncope (OR, 1.88; 95% CI, 1.20-2.94) based on a meta-analysis of 7 and 3 observational studies, respectively. They offer potential mechanisms and call into question the issue of AF-attributable vs merely AF-correlated mechanisms of fall/ syncope. </p> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0025-6196
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.02.017