Risk Factors for Atrial Fibrillation Progression

Jordi Heijman; Justin G L M Luermans; Dominik Linz; Isabelle C van Gelder; Harry J G M Crijns

doi:10.1016/j.ccep.2020.10.011

Risk Factors for Atrial Fibrillation Progression

Jordi Heijman, Justin G L M Luermans, Dominik Linz, Isabelle C van Gelder, Harry J G M Crijns^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Atrial fibrillation is a chronic, progressive condition that presents a major health burden. This review summarizes recent studies assessing atrial fibrillation progression and its associated risk factors, describes the mechanisms underlying atrial fibrillation progression, and discusses the clinical implications of the progressive nature of atrial fibrillation. Progression of atrial fibrillation burden, and clinical progression from paroxysmal to more advanced (persistent/permanent) forms is common, but progression rates are variable. Atrial fibrillation progression parallels progressive atrial remodeling induced by atrial fibrillation risk factors and atrial fibrillation itself, and is associated with worse clinical outcomes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	201-209
Number of pages	9
Journal	Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics
Volume	13
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccep.2020.10.011
Publication status	Published - Mar 2021

Keywords

Atrial Fibrillation/epidemiology
Disease Progression
Heart Disease Risk Factors
Humans

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