Τhe association of heart failure across left ventricular ejection fraction with mortality in atrial fibrillation.
Anastasios KartasAthanasios SamarasEvangelos AkrivosEleni VranaΑndreas S PapazoglouDimitrios V MoysidisAnastasios PapanastasiouAmalia BaroutidouMichail BotisEvangelos LiampasIoannis VouloagkasEfstratios KaragiannidisHaralambos KarvounisJohn ParissisApostolos TzikasGeorge GiannakoulasPublished in: ESC heart failure (2021)
In patients with AF who were discharged from the hospital, the presence of HF at baseline was independently associated with a twofold risk of death, which was significant across LVEF-classified HF subtypes. Among patients with AF and HF, the risk of death rose significantly as LVEF was reduced below 25%.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- ejection fraction
- heart failure
- acute heart failure
- aortic stenosis
- left ventricular
- left atrial
- oral anticoagulants
- catheter ablation
- left atrial appendage
- direct oral anticoagulants
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- healthcare
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- cardiovascular events
- acute myocardial infarction
- type diabetes
- cardiovascular disease
- risk factors
- acute care
- acute coronary syndrome