Arterial stiffness and left ventricular performance in elderly patients with persistent atrial fibrillation.
Stefano FumagalliMarta MiglioriniSimone PupoIrene MarozziSerena BoniAlessandra ScardiaAlessandro MasiAnna T RobertsLuigi PadelettiNiccolò MarchionniPublished in: Aging clinical and experimental research (2018)
In elderly AF patients with preserved systolic function, LV performance is directly associated with AS. This link could influence atrium remodeling and the incidence of arrhythmia relapse.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- left ventricular
- heart failure
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- blood pressure
- oral anticoagulants
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- acute myocardial infarction
- direct oral anticoagulants
- risk factors
- aortic stenosis
- mitral valve
- middle aged
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- community dwelling
- inferior vena cava
- vena cava
- pulmonary artery
- coronary artery
- venous thromboembolism