Copyright © 2004 by the European Society of Cardiology.
Letter to the Editor
Mortality in congestive heart failure complicated by atrial fibrillation
Haemostasis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Unit, University Department of Medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham B18 7QH, UK
* Correspondence to: Dr M Sosin, Haemostasis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Unit, University Department of Medicine, City Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham B18 7QH, UK. Tel.: +44-121-554-3801; Fax: +44-121-554-4083
E-mail address: mike_sosin@doctors.org.uk
Received 21 November 2002; accepted 7 August 2003
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We read with great interest the paper by Baldasseroni et al. who report increased mortality in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) complicated by atrial fibrillation (AF), left bundle-branch block (LBBB) or both.1This observation is interesting, but probably not surprising, as AF and LBBB are associated with a number of factors which may affect mortality and