Echocardiographic findings associated with atrial fibrillation in 1,699 patients aged >60 years

Wilbert S. Aronow; Chul Ahn; Itzhak Kronzon

doi:10.1016/S0002-9149(99)80336-1

Echocardiographic findings associated with atrial fibrillation in 1,699 patients aged >60 years

Wilbert S. Aronow, Chul Ahn, Itzhak Kronzon

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In the present study, elderly patients with chronic atrial fibrillation had a 2.9 times higher prevalence of left atrial enlargement, a 2.0 times higher prevalence of LV hypertrophy, and a 2.5 times higher prevalence of abnormal LV ejection fraction than elderly patients with sinus rhythm.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1191-1192
Number of pages	2
Journal	The American journal of cardiology
Volume	76
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0002-9149(99)80336-1
State	Published - Dec 1 1995

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