Observational studyClinical cardiology2020
Prevalence of atrial fibrillation dependent on coronary artery status: Insights from the LIFE-Heart Study.
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- Moving Beyond LDL-C and Non-HDL-C: Apolipoprotein B as the Stronger Lipid-Related Predictor of Coronary Artery Disease in Statin-Treated Patients.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Galectin-3 and Pentraxin-3 as Potential Biomarkers in Chronic Coronary Syndrome and Atrial Fibrillation: Insights from a 131-Patient Cohort.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Atrial Fibrillation as an Independent Predictor of Myocardial Ischemia.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Prevalence and penetrance of pathogenic and likely pathogenicFrontiers in genetics · 2025Article
- Practical guide on left atrial appendage closure for the non-implanting physician: an international consensus paper.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2024Article
- Anomalous Origin of Left Circumflex Artery from the Right Sinus of Valsalva in Cardiac Computed Tomography in a Group of 16,680 Patients-Radiologic and Clinical Characteristics.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Atrial fibrillation and coronary artery disease: An integrative review focusing on therapeutic implications of this relationship.World journal of cardiology · 2023Review
- Prevalence of coronary calcification on preoperative computed tomography and its management in thoracic surgery.Surgery today · 2023Article
- Predicting Mortality in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Obstructive Chronic Coronary Syndrome: The Bialystok Coronary Project.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Prevalence of atrial fibrillation dependent on coronary artery status: Insights from the LIFE-Heart Study.Clinical cardiology · 2020Observational
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Abstract
backgroundCoronary artery disease (CAD) is a significant risk factor for atrial fibrillation (AF). Experimental studies demonstrated that atrial ischemia induced by right coronary artery (RCA) stenosis promote AF triggers and development of electro-anatomical substrate for AF.
aimTo analyze the association between AF prevalence and coronary arteries status in the LIFE-Heart Study.
methodsThis analysis included patients with available coronary catheterization data recruited between 2006 and 2014. Patients with acute myocardial infarction were excluded. CAD was defined as stenosis ≥75%, while coronary artery sclerosis (CAS) was defined as non-critical plaque(s) <75%.
resultsIn total, 3.458 patients (median age 63 years, 34% women) were included into analysis. AF was diagnosed in 238 (6.7%) patients. There were 681 (19.7%) patients with CAS and 1.411 (40.8%) with CAD (27.5% with single, 32.4% with double, and 40.1% with triple vessel CAD). In multivariable analysis, there was a significant association between prevalent AF and coronary artery status (OR 0.64, 95% CI 0.53-0.78, P
conclusionIn the LIFE-Heart Study, CAS but not CAD was associated with increased risk of AF.
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