Circulation Journal
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Print ISSN : 1346-9843
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Distribution of First-Detected Atrial Fibrillation Patients Without Structural Heart Diseases in Symptom Classifications
Keitaro Senoo, Shinya Suzuki, Koichi Sagara, Takayuki Otsuka, Shunsuke Matsuno, Ryuichi Funada, Tokuhisa Uejima, Yuji Oikawa, Junji Yajima, Akira Koike, Kazuyuki Nagashima, Hajime Kirigaya, Hitoshi Sawada, Tadanori Aizawa, Takeshi Yamashita
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Keywords: Atrial fibrillation, Epidemiology, Prognosis
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2012 Volume 76 Issue 4 Pages 1020-1023

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Background: The characteristics and prognosis of patients with first-detected atrial fibrillation (AF) in Japan remain unclear. Methods and Results: First-detected AF patients without structural heart disease (n=289) were reviewed with regard to 2 symptom classifications (CCS-SAF and EHRA). In both classifications, asymptomatic patients comprised ≈40% of the patients, and patients in the most symptomatic class (≈6%) had peculiar characteristics and poor prognosis. In other symptomatic classes, symptoms affected the treatment strategy without a significant difference in the patients' backgrounds and prognosis. Conclusions: This is the first report to describe the distribution, characteristics and outcomes of first-detected AF patients according to symptom classifications. (Circ J 2012; 76: 1020-1023)

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