Prognostic importance of a restrictive transmitral filling pattern in patients with symptomatic congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation

Jakob Raunsø, Jacob Eifer Møller, Jesper Kjaergaard, Dilek Akkan, Christian Hassager, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Lars Køber, EchoCardiography and Heart Outcome Study (ECHOS) investigators, Jakob Raunsø, Jacob Eifer Møller, Jesper Kjaergaard, Dilek Akkan, Christian Hassager, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Lars Køber, EchoCardiography and Heart Outcome Study (ECHOS) investigators

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    Abstract

    BACKGROUND: Restrictive diastolic filling pattern is associated with increased mortality in patients with myocardial infarction and heart failure. Most studies have excluded patients with atrial fibrillation. The aim of the present study was to assess the prognostic value of a restrictive filling pattern in patients with atrial fibrillation. METHODS: Doppler echocardiography including pulsed wave Doppler assessment of transmitral flow was performed in 880 patients with a clinical diagnosis of heart failure on hospital admission. Filling was considered restrictive when the mitral deceleration time
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalAmerican Heart Journal
    Volume158
    Issue number6
    Pages (from-to)983-8
    Number of pages6
    ISSN0002-8703
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2009

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