Tag: atrial fi brillation

The advent of modern treatments in cardiology and the resulting survival benefi t in industrialized countries have considerably increased the size of the population of patients suffering from congestive heart failure (CHF), estimated at over 15 million in the European Union [1]. Coronary artery disease (CAD), hypertension and tachyarrhythmia, usually in the form of atrial fi brillation (AF), are believed to be the most common causative factors of myocardial dysfunction [2–4]...

Atrial fi brillation (AF) is twice as prevalent among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and over 10 times more prevalent in patients on dialysis than in the general population [1, 2]. In the Chronic Renal Insuffi ciency Cohort of 3,267 adult participants, nearly 1 in 5 participants had evidence of AF; age, female gender, and a history of cardiovascular disease were the major predictors of AF in the study. Also, among 956 outpatients with coronary artery disease in the Heart and Soul Study, kidney dysfunction was independently associated with prevalent AF [3]...

While atrial fi brillation (AF) is the most common rhythm disorders observed in our clinical practice, its prevalence in general population is 1–2% [1]. As an important cause of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity with progressively increasing prevalence, AF has become a serious health issue recently...