Under-recognition of heart failure in patients with atrial fibrillation and the impact of gender: a UK population-based cohort study
Abstract Background Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) complicated by heart failure (HF) have a poor prognosis. We investigated whether long term loop-diuretic therapy in patients with AF and no known diagnosis of HF, as a potential surrogate marker of undiagnosed HF, is also associated with wor...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-08-01
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| Series: | BMC Medicine |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-02048-8 |