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European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on November 13, 2006
European Heart Journal 2006 27(23):2740-2741; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehl321
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The significance of atrial fibrillation in heart failure

Hein J. Wellens

Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, University of Maastricht, 21, Henric van Veldekeplein, 6211 TG Maastricht, The Netherlands

Corresponding author. Tel: +31 43 3215440; fax: +31 43 3261903. E-mail address: hwellens@xs4all.nl

This editorial refers to ‘Atrial fibrillation, ischaemic heart disease, and the risk of death in patients with heart failure’{dagger}, by O.D. Pedersen et al., on page 2866

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As discussed by Van den Berg et al., the significance of atrial fibrillation (AF) on morbidity and mortality in the congestive heart failure patient continues to be debated in many publications.1

Pedersen et al.2 give long-term follow-up data of a large number of heart failure patients with systolic left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and with or without AF at discharge from hospital. Patients were divided into those with and without ischaemic heart disease. It was found that AF resulted in greater mortality during follow-up in the ischaemic as . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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