Atrial fibrillation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A turning point towards increased morbidity and mortality

Atrial fibrillation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A turning point towards increased morbidity and mortality

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmic event in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). The aim of this study was to identify the clinical impact and prognostic significance of AF on a large cohort of patients with HCM. Methods: Echocardiographic and clinical cor...

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Main Authors: Thomas Zegkos, MD, Georgios K. Efthimiadis, MD, Despoina G. Parcharidou, MD, Thomas D. Gossios, MD, Georgios Giannakoulas, MD, Dimitris Ntelios, MD, Antonis Ziakas, MD, Stelios Paraskevaidis, MD, Haralambos I. Karvounis, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-09-01
Series:Hellenic Journal of Cardiology
Subjects:
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
atrial fibrillation
left atrium
mortality
morbidity
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S110996661630241X

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