Ethnic differences in atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure from Asia-Pacific
| Title: | Ethnic differences in atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure from Asia-Pacific |
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| Authors: | Tan, Eugene S. J.; Tay, Wan Ting; Teng, Tiew-Hwa Katherine; Sim, David; Leong, Kui Toh Gerard; Yeo, Poh Shuan Daniel; Ong, Hean Yee; Jaufeerally, Fazlur; Ng, Tze Pin; Poppe, Katrina; Lund, Mayanna; Devlin, Gerard; Troughton, Richard W.; Ling, Lieng Hsi; Richards, Arthur Mark; Doughty, Robert N.; Lam, Carolyn S. P. |
| Source: | Tan, E S J, Tay, W T, Teng, T-H K, Sim, D, Leong, K T G, Yeo, P S D, Ong, H Y, Jaufeerally, F, Ng, T P, Poppe, K, Lund, M, Devlin, G, Troughton, R W, Ling, L H, Richards, A M, Doughty, R N & Lam, C S P 2019, 'Ethnic differences in atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure from Asia-Pacific', Heart, vol. 105, no. 11, pp. 842-847. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2018-314077 |
| Publication Year: | 2019 |
| Collection: | University of Groningen research database |
| Subject Terms: | RISK-FACTORS; DIABETES-MELLITUS; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; COMMUNITY; MORTALITY; FRACTION; OUTCOMES; TRENDS; COHORT |
| Description: | Objective Ethnic differences in the prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in heart failure (HF) remain unclear. We compared the prevalence and clinical correlates of AF among different ethnicities in an Asian-Pacific population with HF. Methods Patients with validated HF were prospectively studied across Singapore and New Zealand (NZ). Results Among 1746 patients with HF (62% Asian, 26% women, mean age 66 (SD 13) years, mean ejection fraction (EF) 37 (SD 16%), 39% had AF. The prevalence of AF was markedly lower in Singapore-Asians than NZ-Europeans (24% vs 63%; p \Conclusion There is a strikingly lower prevalence of AF among Asian compared with NZ-European patients with HF. The underlying mechanisms for the lower prevalence of AF among Asians, particularly in the presence of diabetes, deserve further study. |
| Document Type: | article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1355-6037; 1468-201X |
| Relation: | info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/000473602300009; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/hdl/https://hdl.handle.net/11370/3296fca5-9fd8-44c1-9d25-60ae986ce13d; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pissn/1355-6037; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/eissn/1468-201X |
| DOI: | 10.1136/heartjnl-2018-314077 |
| Availability: | https://hdl.handle.net/11370/3296fca5-9fd8-44c1-9d25-60ae986ce13d; https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/3296fca5-9fd8-44c1-9d25-60ae986ce13d; https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2018-314077; https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/93531938/842.full.pdf |
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| Accession Number: | edsbas.E3A887F9 |
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