Atrial fibrillation is the most frequent cardiac arrhythmia in intensive care units. Since no data on the impact of atrial fibrillation on the haemodynamics of ICU patients existed to date, the aim of the present study was to compare the haemodynamic parameters of patients with atrial fibrillation and patients with sinus rhythm and to investigate the impact of atrial fibrillation "per se" on the cardio-circulatory performance in critically ill patients. Therefore, an analysis of a prospectively maintained database on advanced haemodynamic monitoring with transpulmonary thermodilution (TPTD) and pulse contour analysis (PCA) was performed.
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Atrial fibrillation is the most frequent cardiac arrhythmia in intensive care units. Since no data on the impact of atrial fibrillation on the haemodynamics of ICU patients existed to date, the aim of the present study was to compare the haemodynamic parameters of patients with atrial fibrillation and patients with sinus rhythm and to investigate the impact of atrial fibrillation "per se" on the cardio-circulatory performance in critically ill patients. Therefore, an analysis of a prospectively...
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