Atrial fibrillation onset before heart failure or vice versa: what is worst? A nationwide register study.
Jannik PallisgaardAnders M GreveMorten Lock-HansenJens Jakob ThuneEmil Loldrup FosboelRichard B DevereuxPeter M OkinGunnar Hilmar GislasonChristian Torp-PedersenCasper N BangPublished in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2022)
In this large Danish national cohort, diagnosis of HF before AF was associated with an increased absolute risk of death compared to AF before HF and AF and HF diagnosed concurrently. Antihypertensive treatment, oral anticoagulants, amiodarone, statins, and AF ablation may improve prognosis.