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SUBMITTER: Tan ESJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7373934 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tan Eugene S J ESJ Goh Vera V Santema Bernadet T BT Tay Wan Ting WT Teng Tiew-Hwa Katherine TK Yap Jonathan J Tromp Jasper J Hung Chung-Lieh CL Chopra Vijay V Anand Inder I MacDonald Michael R MR Ling Lieng Hsi LH Van Gelder Isabelle C IC Rienstra Michiel M Voors Adriaan A AA Richards A Mark AM Lam Carolyn S P CSP
ESC heart failure 20200508 4
<h4>Aims</h4>We aimed to characterize ethnic differences in prevalence, clinical correlates, and outcomes of atrial fibrillation (AF) in heart failure (HF) with preserved and reduced ejection fraction (HFpEF and HFrEF) across Asia.<h4>Methods and results</h4>Among 5504 patients with HF prospectively recruited across 11 Asian regions using identical protocols in the Asian Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure study (mean age 61 ± 13 years, 27% women, 83% HFrEF), 1383 (25%) had AF defined as a his ...[more]