January 10, 2013European Journal of Heart Failure
Predictors and Prognostic Implications of Incident Heart Failure Following the First Diagnosis of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Structurally Normal Hearts: the Belgrade Atrial Fibrillation Study
Why the study?
What are the predictors and prognostic implications of incident heart failure in patients with first-diagnosed atrial fibrillation and structurally normal hearts?
Population
Patients with first-diagnosed atrial fibrillation (AF) and structurally normal hearts on echocardiography.
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
long-term follow-up
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May flag higher HF risk for monitoring in new AF; leaves open prospective validation and prevention trials.
Structured PICO
What are the predictors and prognostic implications of incident heart failure in patients with first-diagnosed atrial fibrillation and structurally normal hearts?
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Population
Patients with first-diagnosed atrial fibrillation (AF) and structurally normal hearts on echocardiography.
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Outcome
Incident heart failure and adverse outcomeshard clinical
In patients with first-diagnosed AF and structurally normal hearts, subtle echocardiographic changes and comorbidities predict incident HF, which drives adverse outcomes.
Cite This Study
Potpara et al. (2013) studied this question.