The impact of diabetes mellitus on restoring and maintaining of sinus rhythm in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation | Zendy

Tatjana Potpara | Zendy; Jelena Marinković-Erić | Zendy; Miodrag Grujić | Zendy; Biljana Radojkovic-Cirovic | Zendy; Bosiljka Vujisić-Tešić | Zendy; M Petrović | Zendy

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The impact of diabetes mellitus on restoring and maintaining of sinus rhythm in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation

Author(s) -

Tatjana Potpara,

Jelena Marinković-Erić,

Miodrag Grujić,

Biljana Radojkovic-Cirovic,

Bosiljka Vujisić-Tešić,

M Petrović

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135

H-Index - 17

eISSN - 2406-0895

pISSN - 0370-8179

DOI - 10.2298/sarh0206189p

Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , sinus rhythm , diabetes mellitus , cardiology , normal sinus rhythm , rhythm , endocrinology

Diabetes mellitus is frequently accompanied by cardiac rhythm disorders. On the other hand, atrial fibrillation is the most frequent cardiac arrhythmia in adult population [1, 2]. According to some of the large epidemiological studies diabetes mellitus is among independent risk factors for development and persistence of atrial fibrillation [3]. Both diabetes mellitus and atrial fibrillation independently increase the risk of thromboembolism, especially of stroke [3-5]. It is obvious that rhythm control, i.e. restoration and maintenance of sinus rhythm, may be essential for prevention of thromboembolism in these patients.

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