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. 2022 Feb:244:36-41.
doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2021.10.183. Epub 2021 Oct 21.

Atrial function in paroxysmal AF patients with and without heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: Data from the AF-RISK study

Vicente Artola Arita  1 , Bernadet T Santema  1 , Ruben R De With  1 , Bao-Oanh Nguyen  1 , Dominik Linz  2 , Ulrich Schotten  3 , Isabelle C Van Gelder  1 , Harry Jgm Crijns  4 , Adriaan A Voors  1 , Michiel Rienstra  5
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Atrial function in paroxysmal AF patients with and without heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: Data from the AF-RISK study

Vicente Artola Arita et al. Am Heart J. 2022 Feb.

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) are 2 cardiovascular conditions that often coexist. Strain phases of both the left and right atria are more impaired in paroxysmal AF patients with HFpEF than those without HFpEF in spite of comparable global longitudinal strain of the left ventricle. Atrial function may differentiate paroxysmal AF patients with HFpEF from those without HFpEF.

Keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Echocardiography; Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; Left atrial function; Right atrial function; Speckle-tracking echocardiography.

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