Sotalol, a class III antiarrhythmic agent, is used to maintain sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter (AFIB/AFL). Despite its efficacy, sotalol's use is limited by its potential to cause life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias due to QT interval prolongation. Traditiona...
incidence of the following at 6 months and 1 year: rehospitalization for atrial tachyarrhythmia (including AF, atrial tachycardia [AT], and atypical atrial flutter [AFL]), rehospitalization for heart failure, electrical cardioversion for AF, AT, or AFL, or repeat ablation for AF, AT, or AFL...
For the disease-based analyses, we focused on four disease definitions related to LA structure and function: AF or flutter, ischemic stroke, hypertension, and heart failure (defined below). For prevalent disease that was diagnosed prior to the time of imaging, linear models were used to test f...