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Novel Risk Factors of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

Conditions
Heart Failure
Registration Number
NCT02655185
Lead Sponsor
Yangzhou No.1 People's Hospital
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether lipid levels are related with incidence of atrial fibrillation in Patients with chronic heart failure.

Detailed Description

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia in clinical practice. Chronic Heart failure (CHF) has become a major clinical and public health problem. Both AF and CHF often co-exist and complicate each other's administration.Several risk factors have been demonstrated to be associated with the risk of AF in Patients with CHF.

Lopez et al. found that higher levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLc) and total cholesterol were associated with a lower incidence of AF independently of other risk factors from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study.

Thus the purpose of this study is to determine whether lipid levels are related with incidence of atrial fibrillation in Patients with chronic heart failure. This study maybe provide a novel opinion on the prevention of AF in patients with CHF.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
300
Inclusion Criteria
  • Clinical diagnosis of chronic heart failure
Exclusion Criteria
  • Use of statins

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of participants with newly emerging atrial fibrillation as assessed by electrocardiogramthree years
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Cardiovascular mortalitythree years
Worsing heart failure assessed by decreased NYHA class and left ventricular ejection fractionthree years
rate of rehospitalizationthree years
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