Clinical Characteristics and Prognostic Significance of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Results From a Multicenter Atrial Fibrillation Registry Study

Anticoagulation treatment is inadequate in patients with AF and COPD. The presence of COPD in patients with AF is an independent risk factor for 1-year all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality but not a risk factor for stroke.