Letter: Conflicting and unresolved issue of the prognostic value of atrial fibrillation for chronic heart failure patients — Response

We would like to thank Bosseau and Donal for their interest in our paper, and agree with them about the increasing clinical importance of patients with concomitant atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure, regardless of ejection fraction [1]. Indeed, our analysis confirms poor prognosis in patients suffering from AF and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Although we identified higher crude rates of all-cause mortality with AF-HFrEF, incident stroke and heart failure admissions were similar to AF-HFpEF [2].
Source: International Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research