© Christian Sticherling, Michael Kühne 2023
Study Overview
Design
Study Objectives
Providing a long-term follow-up
and covering a broad bio-psycho-
social perspective in its data
collection to generate a unique
data base for future research is
one of the prime goals of the
Swiss-AF cohort.
Study Design
The
Swiss
Atrial
Fibrillation
Cohort
Study
(SWISS-AF)
is
a
prospective
observational
multicenter
cohort
study
that
was
launched
by
investigators
from
the
University
Hospital
Basel
together
with
several
external
partners.
Collectively,
it
aims
to
generate
a
Swiss-wide
comprehensive
and
representative
data
collection
in
patients
aged
≥
65
years
with
paroxysmal,
persistent
or
permanent AF.
Starting
in
April
2014,
Swiss-AF
aims
to
enroll
2600
patients
in
more
than
14
centres
distributed
across
all
language-regions
of
Switzerland
within
24
months.
Overall,
the
cohort
includes
a
period
of
four
years
with
yearly
clinical
follow-up
visits
encompassing
assessments
of
personal
characteristics,
neurocognitive
functions,
disability
and
health
economics
as
well
as
resting
electrocardiograms. Brain MRI and blood sampling are included
at
baseline
and
after
two
years
of
follow-up.
Further
longterm
follow-ups are intended.