rss
Heart 2009;95:535-539 doi:10.1136/hrt.2007.140640
  • Review

Atrial fibrillation in heart failure: the chicken or the egg?

  1. R Balasubramaniam1,
  2. P M Kistler1,2,3,4
  1. 1
    Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
  2. 2
    Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
  3. 3
    The Baker Heart Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
  4. 4
    The Heart Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
  1. Dr P M Kistler, The Heart Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Melbourne, Australia 3004; peter.kistler{at}baker.edu.au
  • Accepted 10 June 2008
  • Published Online First 16 July 2008

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF) are the emerging epidemics of cardiovascular disease in the new millennium. Both are responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality and health budget expenditure. The advent of catheter ablation for patients with AF has provided important new insights into the relative contribution of AF to left ventricular dysfunction. The aim of this review is to discuss the complex interplay in the pathophysiology of AF and HF to improve our understanding of the basis for current treatment strategies and guide future research direction.

Footnotes

  • Competing interests: Declared. PMK is the recipient of the Neil Hamilton Fairley Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council and National Heart Foundation of Australia.

This Article

  1. Abstract
  2. Full text
  3. PDF
  4. All Versions of this Article:
    1. hrt.2007.140640v1
    2. 95/7/535 most recent

Services

  1. Email this link to a friend
  2. Alert me when this article is cited
  3. Alert me if a correction is posted
  4. Alert me when eletters are published
  5. Article Usage Statistics
  6. Similar articles in this journal
  7. Similar articles in Web of Science
  8. Similar articles in PubMed
  9. Add article to my folders
  10. Download to citation manager
  11. Request permissions

Responses

  1. Submit a response
  2. No responses published

Social bookmarking

Latest from Education in Heart

Latest from Education in Heart

Register for free content


Free sample
 This recent issue is free to all users to allow everyone the opportunity to see the full scope and typical content of Heart.
View free sample issue >>

Free archive
The full back archive is now available for Heart. Institutional subscribers may access the entire archive as part of their subscription. Personal subscribers will also have access to all content when logged in. Non-subscribers who register have free access to all articles published before 2006, back to volume 1 issue 1.
Register to access the free archive >>

Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.