PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - Roy, Denis
ED  - Doshi, Rahul N.
ED  - Hsu, Li-Fern
ED  - Friedman, Paul A.
TI  - Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure: Convergence of Two Epidemics
DP  - 2006 May 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 26--26
VI  - 6
IP  - 1
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/6/1/26.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/6/1/26.full
AB  - 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.