ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS ASSOCIATED WITH ATRIAL-FIBRILLATION IN 1,699 PATIENTS AGED GREATER-THAN-60 YEARS

Authors
ARONOW WS AHN C KRONZON I
Citation
Ws. Aronow et al., ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS ASSOCIATED WITH ATRIAL-FIBRILLATION IN 1,699 PATIENTS AGED GREATER-THAN-60 YEARS, The American journal of cardiology, 76(16), 1995, pp. 1191
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
76
Issue
16
Year of publication
1995
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1995)76:16<1191:EFAWAI>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Atrial fibrillation was present in 254 of 1,699 patients (15%) (mean a ge 81 +/- 8 years). Echocardiographic risk factors for chronic atrial fibrillation included rheumatic mitral stenosis, left atrial enlargeme nt, abnormal left ventricular ejection fraction, valvular aortic steno sis, mitral regurgitation, aortic regurgitation, left ventricular hype rtrophy, and mitral annular calcium.