Prediction of incident atrial fibrillation with cardiac biomarkers and left atrial volumes.
Magnus Nakrem LyngbakkenPeter Selmer RønningenMagnar Gangås SolbergTrygve BergeJon BrynildsenErika Nerdrum AagaardBrede KvisvikHelge RøsjøKjetil SteineArnljot TveitTorbjørn OmlandPublished in: Heart (British Cardiac Society) (2022)
In the general population, echocardiographic left atrial volumetric indices and NT-proBNP, but not cTnT and GDF-15, associate with prevalent atrial fibrillation and with risk of incident atrial fibrillation. cTnT and NT-proBNP provide incremental prognostic information to echocardiography.