Supraventricular arrhythmia, N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and troponin T concentration in relation to incidence of atrial fibrillation: a prospective cohort study

• Published in: BMC cardiovascular disorders Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 134 - 9
• Main Authors: Xiao, Jun, Persson, Anders P., Engström, Gunnar, Johnson, Linda S. B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 12.03.2021; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Age; Antihypertensives; Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Biomarkers; Blood pressure; Brain natriuretic peptide; Calcium-binding protein; Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems; Cardiac arrhythmia; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Disease; Clinical Medicine; Cohort analysis; Complications and side effects; Diabetes; Diagnosis; Electrocardiography; Fibrillation; Health aspects; Heart failure; Hospitals; Insulin resistance; Kardiologi; Kardiologi och kardiovaskulära sjukdomar; Klinisk medicin; Medical and Health Sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Natriuretic peptides; NT-proBNP; Peptides; Plasma levels; Population; Population distribution; Population studies; Predictions; Premature atrial contractions; Risk assessment; Risk factors; Stroke; Supraventricular extrasystole; Supraventricular tachycardia; Troponin; Troponin T; Sweden; Premature atrial contractions; NT-proBNP; Supraventricular tachycardia; Supraventricular extrasystole; Atrial fibrillation; Troponin T

Frequent supraventricular arrhythmia is associated with increased incidence of atrial fibrillation. However, it is unknown whether the prognostic significance of supraventricular arrhythmia is modified by plasma levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) or troponin T (TnT). This...