Are atrial fibrillation symptoms and lower quality of life associated with a higher risk of hospitalization and mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation?
In patients with atrial fibrillation, worse symptoms and lower quality of life are prognostically significant for increased hospitalization risk.
In a community-based study, most patients with AF were symptomatic and had impaired quality of life. Quality of life measured by the AFEQT correlated closely with symptom severity measured by the EHRA class. AF symptoms and lower quality of life were associated with higher risk of hospitalization but not mortality during follow-up.
Freeman et al. (Wed,) studied this question.