Diabetes and silent atrial fibrillation: A dangerous liaison?

Global Cardiology Science & Practice
Jassim Al Suwaidi

Abstract

Diabetic patients have higher risk of stroke when compared to non-diabetics and in 25% of patients the cause of stroke is unknown. Marfella et al hypothesized that subclinical episodes of atrial fibrillation may be a common etiologic factor. 464 type-2 diabetic patients were compared to 240 health controls and were followed-up for 37 months. Silent cerebral infarcts at baseline were more common among diabetic patients with silent AF (176 patients) when compared to non-silent AF group (288 patients) (61% vs. 29%; p < 0.001) and was associated with higher number of stroke at follow-up.

References

May 21, 2013·Journal of the American College of Cardiology·Eric N Prystowsky, Benzy J Padanilam
May 21, 2013·Journal of the American College of Cardiology·Raffaele MarfellaGiuseppe Paolisso
Jan 1, 2013·Global Cardiology Science & Practice·Riyaz A KabaDouglas Cannie

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