Arrhythmias & electrophysiology
Heart Failure in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Insights from Polish part of the EORP-AF General Long-Term Registry
Main finding · All-cause mortalityResult — go to the resultAdjusted hazard ratio 5.61 95% CI 1.94–16.22Authors' conclusion
AF patients with HF have greater mortality rate and more CV interventions/events.
Study context
- Population
- Polish patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) in the EORP-AF General Long-Term Registrywith available heart failure (HF) data
- Participants
- 688 patients
- Exposure
- HF vs no HF in AF
- HFn = 351
- Outcome
- All-cause death
- Follow-up
- 1-year follow-up
Methodological detailsPolish part of EORP-AF General Long-Term Registry
- Polish part of EORP-AF General Long-Term Registry
Main finding
All-cause mortality
Adjusted hazard ratio
5.61
95% CI 1.94–16.22
P < 0.01
HFvs Without HF
aHR 5.61 (95% CI 1.94–16.22); P < 0.01
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Secondary outcomes
CV interventions
P = 0.046
CV events
P = 0.02
Atrial arrhythmia-related hospital admissions
P < 0.01
| Outcome | aHR (95% CI) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mortality by HF type (HFrEF reference)HFmrEFvs HFrEFHFrEF n = 168; HFmrEF n = 77 | 0.45 (0.13–1.57) | P = 0.45 | |
| Mortality by HF type (HFrEF reference)HFpEFvs HFrEFHFpEF n = 106 | 0.54 (0.20–1.48) | P = 0.54 | |
| Mortality, rhythmvs rate control | 0.34 (0.10–1.16) | P = 0.34 | |
| 0.10.31310Adjusted hazard ratio (log scale) |
Original publication
Heart Failure in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Insights from Polish part of the EORP-AF General Long-Term Registry. ESC Heart Fail. Published 22 November 2022. doi:10.
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