Current concepts on predictors of atrial fibrillation occurrence and progression
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https://doi.org/10.14739/2310-1210.2021.6.232397Keywords:
atrial fibrillation, complications, mortality, predictorsAbstract
The aim was to summarize and present a current views on the clinical, electrophysiological, hemodynamic and neurohumoral predictors of atrial fibrillation occurrence and progression by reviewing contemporary specialized literature. Atrial fibrillation has been shown to be the most common cardiac arrhythmia in clinical practice, associated with an increased risk of thromboembolic complications and cardiovascular mortality. However, there is no optimal prognostic marker for this type of arrhythmia onset and progression.
Conclusions. It has been established that the main predictors of atrial fibrillation and its complications are electrophysiological, structural and functional changes of the heart with underlying neurohumoral and pro-inflammatory activation, hypercoagulation and genetic predisposition.
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