RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The importance of interactions between atrial fibrillation and heart failure
JF Clinical Medicine
JO Clin Med
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP 272
OP 276
DO 10.7861/clinmedicine.16-3-272
VO 16
IS 3
A1 Muhammad A Khan
A1 Duwarakan K Satchithananda
A1 Mamas A Mamas
YR 2016
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/16/3/272.abstract
AB Heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) are among the commonest cardiovascular conditions encountered in clinical practice and frequently coexist. Over the last decade, they have evolved into global cardiovascular epidemics. This, in turn, has huge clinical and economic implications. There is ample evidence that AF and HF have a mutually deleterious effect on each other. AF is not only a marker of HF severity but also affects HF prognosis independently. This article presents the close pathophysiological relationship between AF and HF and the adverse prognostic consequences of this bidirectional interaction. The scope of various therapeutic modalities and their potential impacts are discussed briefly.