Review on atrial fibrillation and coronary artery disease
Alshimaa Lotfy Hamed, Adel El-sayed, Sharaf E D Mahmoud
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac arrhythmia, it is not considered as a benign arrhythmia as it leads to decreased quality of life, high risk of developing thromboembolism, and increase in mortality rate. There are various recognized risk factors for AF, these risk factors are also considered risk factors for developing coronary artery disease (CAD).Moreover, they also share some pathophysiological mechanisms. So, the overlapping risk factors and pathophysiology arises the need to illustrate the relation between the two grave diseases.
Alshimaa Lotfy Hamed, Adel El-sayed, Sharaf E D Mahmoud. Review on atrial fibrillation and coronary artery disease. International Journal of Medical Science and Research, Volume 4, Issue 1, 2022, Pages 4-10