Diabetes mellitus and atrial fibrillation: Perspectives on epidemiological and pathophysiological links

Gregory Lip; GI Varughese

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.03.003

Diabetes mellitus and atrial fibrillation: Perspectives on epidemiological and pathophysiological links

Gregory Lip, GI Varughese

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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia, which is also associated with a substantial risk of mortality and morbidity from stroke, thromboembolism, heart failure and hospitalisations. On a epidemiological basis, diabetes mellitus is commonly associated with AF. Nonetheless, AF is also associated with vascular disease and hypertension, which are themselves intimately linked to diabetes. Indeed, the precise pathophysiological and clinical relationships between AF and diabetes mellitus are not completely understood. What we do know is that both diabetes and AF are individually bad for our patients, and the presence of both requires aggressive management strategies. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	319-321
Number of pages	3
Journal	International Journal of Cardiology
Volume	105
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.03.003
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2005

Keywords

atrial fibrillation
vascular disease
diabetes mellitus
hypertension

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