<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Roy, Denis</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Doshi, Rahul N.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hsu, Li-Fern</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Friedman, Paul A.</style></author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure: Convergence of Two Epidemics</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MD Conference Express</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006-04-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">26-26</style></pages><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Atrial arrhythmias are common in patients with heart failure (HF), regardless of underlying etiology. Indeed, atrial fibrillation (AF) and HF coincide (AF/HF) in 10–15% of patients in class II-III HF, and each can exacerbate the other. “Neither AF or HF can be properly managed independently of each other,” said Denis Roy, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Montreal.</style></abstract><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6</style></volume></record></records></xml>