Abstract:
UNLABELLED:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia with important therapeutic and prognostic implications. An attempt to restore sinus rhythm is considered in most patients with AF. The aim of this study was to assess the value of echocardiographic examination and plasma atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) evaluation in predicting the outcome of cardioversion and maintenance of sinus rhythm in patients with persistent AF. METHODS:Eighty-one consecutive patients, aged 62+/-9 years, with AF of duration 4.7 months were subjected to an echocardiography examination and ANP assessment before cardioversion. The patients were predominantly hypertensive men with moderately enlarged left atrium and ejection fraction of left ventricle of about 50%. All patients were in controlled AF and had normalized blood pressure. In order to predict the outcome of cardioversion, and maintenance of sinus rhythm over a 1 month period, a multivariate logistic regression method was performed using the following variables: left atrial and left ventricular dimensions, left ventricular ejection fraction and plasma ANP levels. RESULTS:Sixty-nine out of the 81 patients were successfully converted to sinus rhythm. At 1 month 57 patients remained in sinus rhythm. There were no statistical differences between sinus rhythm and AF group in baseline ANP levels (59.4 vs 64.2 pg/ml, consecutively), clinical and echocardiographic characteristics. In logistic regression analysis neither baseline echocardiographic variable nor ANP level, predicts successful cardioversion over a 1-month period of observation. CONCLUSION:Echocardiographic data and ANP level should not be included as an important variable when considering patients for cardioversion.
journal_name
Int J Cardioljournal_title
International journal of cardiologyauthors
Wozakowska-Kapłon B,Opolski Gdoi
10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.08.062subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2005-09-01 00:00:00pages
280-5issue
3eissn
0167-5273issn
1874-1754pii
S0167-5273(05)00062-8journal_volume
103pub_type
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