Impact of disease stage on the performance of strain markers in the prediction of atrial fibrillation

Assessing atrial fibrillation (AF) risk may be useful in primary prevention (PP; people with risk factors) and secondary prevention (SP; eg. embolic stroke of unknown source). We sought whether disease stage influenced the prediction of AF by echocardiography.

Source: International Journal of Cardiology - September 24, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Satish Ramkumar, Faraz Pathan, Hiroshi Kawakami, Ayame Ochi, Hong Yang, Elizabeth L. Potter, Thomas H. Marwick Source Type: research