Persistent atrial fibrillation in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: Prognostic relevance and association with clinical, imaging and invasive haemodynamic parameters.
Robert SchönbauerFranz DucaAndreas A KammerlanderStefan AschauerChristina BinderCaroline Zotter-TufaroMatthias KoschutnikLukas FiedlerFranz Xaver RoithingerChristian LoeweChristian HengstenbergDiana BondermanJulia MascherbauerPublished in: European journal of clinical investigation (2019)
Sixty percent of our HFpEF patients suffered from AF. Persistent but not paroxysmal AF was strongly associated with event-free survival and was independently related to NYHA functional class, serum NT-proBNP, atrial size, cardiac ouput and presence of COPD.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- free survival
- left atrial
- end stage renal disease
- oral anticoagulants
- left atrial appendage
- direct oral anticoagulants
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- high resolution
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- left ventricular
- lung function
- cystic fibrosis
- fluorescence imaging