Clinical and Etiological Profile of Atrial Fibrillation: A Tertiary Care Hospital Study

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dc.contributor.authorChaturvedi, Neerajen_US
dc.contributor.authorMehla, Rakeshen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-24T07:25:01Z
dc.date.available2020-09-24T07:25:01Z
dc.date.issued2019-01
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Atrial fibrillation is one of most commonarrhythmia that may leads to complications like congestiveheart failure, left atrial clots& embolic strokes.Materials and Methods: We did this study at S.M.S. MedicalCollege to know about various Structural heart diseases likeRheumatic heart disease, Hypertension, Dilatedcardiomyopathies causing atrial fibrillation & its symptoms likeDyspnoea, palpitations, dizziness etc. Our sample Size of 50persons from the cardiology OPD & ICU are taken into study.All patients below 18 yrs are excluded from my study.Results: The occurrence of atrial fibrillation was more commonabove the age of 40 years. AF was more common in females –58% .The incidence of AF in men increases with age.Conclusion: The commonest complication was noted in AFcases was heart failure – 32%. CVA with embolic stroke wasfound in 16% of cases. Left atrial clot was demonstrated byecho cardio graphically in 6%of casesen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAssociate Professor, Department of Cardiology, S.M.S. Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.en_US
dc.identifier.citationChaturvedi Neeraj, Mehla Rakesh. Clinical and Etiological Profile of Atrial Fibrillation: A Tertiary Care Hospital Study. International Journal of Medical Research Professionals. 2019 Jan; 5(1): 323-325en_US
dc.identifier.issn2454-6364
dc.identifier.issn2454-6356
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/203234
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherIbn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine & Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber1en_US
dc.relation.volume5en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org//10.21276/ijmrp.2019.5.1.073en_US
dc.subjectAtrial Fibrillationen_US
dc.subjectRheumatic Heart Diseaseen_US
dc.subjectStrokeen_US
dc.subjectHeart Failureen_US
dc.titleClinical and Etiological Profile of Atrial Fibrillation: A Tertiary Care Hospital Studyen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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