Atrial fibrillation is under-recognized in chronic heart failure: insights from a heart failure cohort treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy | Zendy

Jane C. Caldwell | Zendy; Hussain Contractor | Zendy; Sanjiv Petkar | Zendy; Rizwan Ali | Zendy; Bernard Clarke | Zendy; Chris Garratt | Zendy; Ludwig Neyses | Zendy; Mamas A. Mamas | Zendy

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Atrial fibrillation is under-recognized in chronic heart failure: insights from a heart failure cohort treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy

Author(s) -

Jane C. Caldwell,

Hussain Contractor,

Sanjiv Petkar,

Rizwan Ali,

Bernard Clarke,

Chris Garratt,

Ludwig Neyses,

Mamas A. Mamas

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

ep europace

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119

H-Index - 102

eISSN - 1532-2092

pISSN - 1099-5129

DOI - 10.1093/europace/eup201

Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , heart failure , cardiology , asymptomatic , cardiac resynchronization therapy , sinus rhythm , population , ejection fraction , environmental health

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Under-detection of asymptomatic paroxysmal AF (PAF) underestimates the true burden of AF in patients with CHF. We retrospectively studied the prevalence of asymptomatic PAF in 162 CHF patients through analysis of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device downloads to determine whether these episodes are associated with adverse outcomes.

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