Post-mortem examination of high mortality in patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation.
Otilia ȚicaOvidiu ȚicaKarina V BuntingJoseph deBonoGeorgios V GkoutosMircea I PopescuDipak KotechaPublished in: BMC medicine (2022)
Supported by post-mortem data, the cause of death in HF and AF patients is heterogeneous, and the relationships with typical markers of mortality are critically dependent on the mode of death. The poor prognosis in this group demands further attention to improve management beyond anticoagulation.
Keyphrases
- poor prognosis
- atrial fibrillation
- long non coding rna
- end stage renal disease
- cardiovascular events
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- risk factors
- left atrial
- prognostic factors
- left atrial appendage
- catheter ablation
- working memory
- electronic health record
- big data
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery disease
- machine learning
- patient reported outcomes
- acute coronary syndrome