• J. Korean Med. Sci. · May 2018

    Increased Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in the Early Period after Herpes Zoster Infection: a Nationwide Population-based Case-control Study.

    • Myung-Jin Cha, Hyun-Min Seo, Eue-Keun Choi, Ji Hyun Lee, Kyungdo Han, So-Ryoung Lee, Woo-Hyun Lim, Young Min Park, and Seil Oh.
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
    • J. Korean Med. Sci. 2018 May 28; 33 (22): e160.

    BackgroundHerpes zoster (HZ) is a chronic inflammatory disease that could result in autonomic dysfunction, often leading to atrial fibrillation (AF).MethodsFrom the Korean National Health Insurance Service database of 738,559 subjects, patients newly diagnosed with HZ (n = 30,685) between 2004 and 2011, with no history of HZ or AF were identified. For the non-HZ control group, 122,740 age- and sex-matched subjects were selected. AF development in the first two-years following HZ diagnosis, and during the overall follow-up period were compared among severe (requiring hospitalization, n = 2,213), mild (n = 28,472), and non-HZ (n = 122,740) groups.ResultsThere were 2,204 (1.4%) patients diagnosed with AF during follow-up, and 825 (0.5%) were diagnosed within the first two years after HZ. The severe HZ group showed higher rates of AF development (6.4 per 1,000 patient-years [PTPY]) compared to mild-HZ group (2.9 PTPY) and non-HZ group (2.7 PTPY). The risk of developing AF was higher in the first two-years after HZ diagnosis in the severe HZ group (10.6 PTPY vs. 2.7 PTPY in mild-HZ group and 2.6 PTPY in non-HZ group).ConclusionSevere HZ that requires hospitalization shows an increased risk of incident AF, and the risk is higher in the first two-years following HZ diagnosis.

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