Clinical and Etiological Profile of Atrial Fibrillation: A Tertiary Care Hospital Study

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Atrial fibrillation is one of most commonarrhythmia that may leads to complications like congestiveheart failure, left atrial clots& embolic strokes.Materials and Methods: We did this study at S.M.S. MedicalCollege to know about various Structural heart diseases likeRheumatic heart disease, Hypertension, Dilatedcardiomyopathies causing atrial fibrillation & its symptoms likeDyspnoea, palpitations, dizziness etc. Our sample Size of 50persons from the cardiology OPD & ICU are taken into study.All patients below 18 yrs are excluded from my study.Results: The occurrence of atrial fibrillation was more commonabove the age of 40 years. AF was more common in females –58% .The incidence of AF in men increases with age.Conclusion: The commonest complication was noted in AFcases was heart failure – 32%. CVA with embolic stroke wasfound in 16% of cases. Left atrial clot was demonstrated byecho cardio graphically in 6%of cases