Structural remodeling and risk of recurrence in atrial fibrillation

Authors

  • Orlando Iglesias Pérez Hospital General Universitario Carlos M. de Céspedes. Bayamo
  • Ernesto Jesús Cuello Bermúdez Hospital General Universitario Vladimir Ilich Lenin. Holguín
  • Arturo Hechavarria Martinez Hospital General Universitario Vladimir Ilich Lenin. Holguín
  • Mariela Ramón Jorge Hospital General Universitario Vladimir Ilich Lenin. Holguín

Keywords:

Atrial Fibrillation, Recurrence.

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation is the most frequent sustained dysrhythmia of the past century; In order to characterize the risk of recurrence of atrial fibrillation and its relationship with cardiac structural remodeling, a descriptive study of a series of cases was conducted at the Vladimir Ilich Lenin Hospital in 2017. The analysis of the referred information 100 patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation identified the following results: of the patients studied, 41 (54.7%) were female and over 55 years old; the indicators of the prognostic index prevailed in the high risk of recurrence; the risk of high recurrence in mitral valvelets with predominance of mitral stenosis reached 40.7% of patients, as well as dilation of the left atrium in this same group, with a total of 22 patients (81.4%). A total of 15 patients, who represented 55.6%, had a decreased left ventricular ejection fraction with a high risk of recurrence. The highest percent of patients presented a significant and very significant p value; and finally, 22% of the patients with high risk of recurrence presented structural cardiac remodeling. It was concluded that the studied condition predominated in patients over 55 years old, female, with a high risk of recurrence in relation to the indicators of the prognostic index and predictors of structural remodeling, which justifies the alternative hypothesis, with a high clinical value and statistical. 

 

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Published

2019-05-10

How to Cite

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Iglesias Pérez O, Cuello Bermúdez EJ, Hechavarria Martinez A, Ramón Jorge M. Structural remodeling and risk of recurrence in atrial fibrillation. RM [Internet]. 2019 May 10 [cited 2025 Jun. 2];23(3):490-509. Available from: https://revmultimed.sld.cu/index.php/mtm/article/view/1216

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ARTÍCULOS ORIGINALES