| Literature DB >> 26225200 |
Nileshkumar J Patel1, Aashay Patel1, Kanishk Agnihotri1, Dhaval Pau1, Samir Patel1, Badal Thakkar1, Nikhil Nalluri1, Deepak Asti1, Ritesh Kanotra1, Sabeeda Kadavath1, Shilpkumar Arora1, Nilay Patel1, Achint Patel1, Azfar Sheikh1, Neil Patel1, Apurva O Badheka1, Abhishek Deshmukh1, Hakan Paydak1, Juan Viles-Gonzalez1.
Abstract
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common type of sustained arrhythmia, which is now on course to reach epidemic proportions in the elderly population. AF is a commonly encountered comorbidity in patients with cardiac and major non-cardiac diseases. Morbidity and mortality associated with AF makes it a major healthcare burden. The objective of our article is to determine the prognostic impact of AF on acute coronary syndromes, heart failure and chronic kidney disease. Multiple studies have been conducted to determine if AF has an independent role in the overall mortality of such patients. Our review suggests that AF has an independent adverse prognostic impact on the clinical outcomes of acute coronary syndromes, heart failure and chronic kidney disease.Entities:
Keywords: Acute coronary syndromes; Atrial fibrillation; Chronic kidney disease; Heart failure; Prognostic impact
Year: 2015 PMID: 26225200 PMCID: PMC4513491 DOI: 10.4330/wjc.v7.i7.397
Source DB: PubMed Journal: World J Cardiol