| Literature DB >> 34218400 |
Grigorios Tsigkas1, Anastasios Apostolos2, Stefanos Despotopoulos2, Georgios Vasilagkos2, Eleftherios Kallergis3, Georgios Leventopoulos2, Virginia Mplani2, Periklis Davlouros2.
Abstract
A bidirectional pathophysiological link connects heart failure and atrial fibrillation, creating a frequent and challenging comorbidity, which includes neurohormonal hyperactivation, fibrosis development, and electrophysiologic remodeling, while they share mutual risk factors. Management for these devastating comorbidities includes most of the established treatment measures for heart failure as well as rhythm or rate control and anticoagulation mostly for atrial fibrillation, which can be achieved with either pharmaceutical or non-pharmaceutical approaches. The current manuscript aims to review the existing literature regarding the underlying pathophysiology, to present the novel trends of treatment, and to predict the future perspective of these two linked diseases with the numerous unanswered questions.Entities:
Keywords: Anticoagulation; Atrial fibrillation; Heart failure; Rate control; Rhythm control; Treatment
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Year: 2021 PMID: 34218400 DOI: 10.1007/s10741-021-10133-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Heart Fail Rev ISSN: 1382-4147 Impact factor: 4.654