Published: 27 May 2015
Author(s): Stefania Paolillo, Piergiuseppe Agostoni, Daniele Masarone, Ugo Corrà, Claudio Passino, Domenico Scrutinio, Michele Correale, Gaia Cattadori, Marco Metra, Davide Girola, Massimo F. Piepoli, Elisabetta Salvioni, Marta Giovannardi, Annamaria Iorio, Michele Emdin, Rosa Raimondo, Federica Re, Mariantonietta Cicoira, Romualdo Belardinelli, Marco Guazzi, Francesco Clemenza, Gianfranco Parati, Angela B. Scardovi, Andrea Di Lenarda, Rocco La Gioia, Maria Frigerio, Carlo Lombardi, Paola Gargiulo, Gianfranco Sinagra, Giuseppe Pacileo, Pasquale Perrone-Filardi, Giuseppe Limongelli, On behalf of the Metabolic Exercise test data combined with Cardiac and Kidney Indexes (MECKI) Score Research Group (see Appendix A)
Section: Original Article
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is common in heart failure (HF). It is unclear whether AF has an independent prognostic role in HF. The aim of the present study was to assess the prognostic role of AF in HF patients with reduced ejection fraction (EF).