Opportunistic screening for heart failure with natriuretic peptides in patients with atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis of individual participant data of four screening studies.
Sander van DoornGeert-Jan GeersingRogier F KievitYvonne van MourikLoes C BertensEvelien E S van RietLeandra J Boonman-de WinterKarel G M MoonsArno W HoesFrans H RuttenPublished in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2018)
With a prevalence of nearly 50%, unrecognised HF is common among community-dwelling patients with AF. Given the high prior change, natriuretic peptides are diagnostically not helpful, and straightforward echocardiography seems to be the preferred strategy for HF screening in patients with AF.