Ethnic differences in atrial fibrillation among patients with heart failure in Asia.

Eugene S J TanVera GohBernadet T SantemaWan Ting TayTiew-Hwa Katherine TengJonathan YapJasper TrompChung-Lieh HungVijay ChopraInder AnandMichael R MacDonaldLieng Hsi Lingnull nullIsabelle C Van GelderMichiel RienstraAdriaan A VoorsA Mark RichardsCarolyn Su Ping Lam

Published in: ESC heart failure (2020)

Among patients with HF across Asia, clinical correlates and adverse outcomes associated with AF are similar across ethnicities; however, there are striking ethnic variations in the prevalence of AF that are not accounted for by known risk factors.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
risk factors
oral anticoagulants
left atrial
catheter ablation
left atrial appendage
direct oral anticoagulants
heart failure
percutaneous coronary intervention
left ventricular
acute coronary syndrome