Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure Management
A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144). This special issue belongs to the section "Cardiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 124
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most commonly encountered heart conditions, with a broad impact on all health services across primary and secondary care. The prevalence of AF is expected to double in the coming decades as a consequence of the ageing population, an increasing burden of comorbidities, improved awareness, and new technologies for its detection. The effects of AF are variable across individual patients; however, morbidity from AF remains highly concerning. Patients with AF can suffer from a variety of symptoms and poor quality of life. Heart failure is not a single pathological diagnosis but rather a clinical syndrome consisting of cardinal symptoms (e.g., breathlessness, ankle swelling, and fatigue) that may be accompanied by signs (e.g., elevated jugular venous pressure, pulmonary crackles, and peripheral oedema). Heart failure as a consequence of AF is well appreciated; the identification of the etiology of underlying cardiac dysfunction is mandatory in the diagnosis of HF as the specific pathology can determine subsequent treatment. Most commonly, HF occurs due to myocardial dysfunction, either systolic, diastolic, or both.
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, where you are welcome to report your findings through original articles and reviews of the literature regarding the diagnostic and therapeutic management of AF and HF patients.
Research areas may include, but are not limited to, the utility of imaging technologies for diagnosis and prognosis definition in these patients, focusing on the emergence of new tools for preprocedural evaluation and the most recent therapeutic options (medical and surgical).
Dr. Erika Bertella
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- heart failure
- cardiac magnetic resonance
- cardiac computed tomography
- echocardiography
- atrial fibrillation
- electrophysiology
- surgery
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