Clinical characteristics and outcome of lone atrial fibrillation at a tertiary referral centre: the Groote Schuur Hospital experience | Zendy

Vinod Thomas | Zendy; S. Schulein | Zendy; R. N. S. Millar | Zendy; Bongani M. Mayosi | Zendy

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Clinical characteristics and outcome of lone atrial fibrillation at a tertiary referral centre: the Groote Schuur Hospital experience

Author(s) -

Vinod Thomas,

S. Schulein,

R. N. S. Millar,

Bongani M. Mayosi

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

cardiovascular journal of south africa/cardiovascular journal of southern africa

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378

H-Index - 35

eISSN - 1680-0745

pISSN - 1015-9657

DOI - 10.5830/cvja-2018-005

Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , atrial flutter , retrospective cohort study , cardiology , cardiomyopathy , atrial tachycardia , pediatrics , heart failure , catheter ablation

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a relatively common arrhythmia. When AF represents an electrophysiological phenomenon in structurally normal hearts, it is termed lone AF. This study was a retrospective, case-based analysis of patients attending the Cardiac Clinic at Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH) and describes the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients classified as having lone atrial fibrillation. To the best of our knowledge there are no such studies reported from Africa.

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