Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
Open Access

Clinical characteristics of atrial fibrillation in Saudi women and its clinical impact in a Tertiary University Hospital

9^th Annual Meeting on Arrhythmia and Cardiac Surgery

July 14-15, 2016 Brisbane, Australia

Kamal Alghalayini

King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Saudi Arabia

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Clin Exp Cardiolog

Abstract :

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the characteristics of atrial fibrillation in Saudi women and its clinical impact of the common clinical practice on mortality and morbidity. Subjects & Methods: The study was conducted on 84 women with atrial fibrillation; all of them were subjected to complete medical history and clinical examination including complete cardiac clinical examination, electrocardiogram, Echocardiogram, blood pressure measuring as well as thyroid examination. Laboratory examination was performed to detect levels of international normalized ratio, thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), triiodothyronine, thyroxine, triglyceride, low-density and high-density lipoprotein as well as hospitalizations, stroke and in-hospital mortality. Results: The mean age of our patients was 61.8 years old with an average Body Mass Index 28.45 kg/m2, the mean hemoglobin level in all patients was 12.2 g/dl and the mean TSH level for all patients was 3.75mIU/L. The target INR was achieved in 58% of all treated population, 70% of our patient sample had more than one hospital admission and (19%) had suffered a stroke. Conclusion: This study confirms the management gap in women with atrial fibrillation and the negative impact on the clinical outcome, indicating the urge to increase the attention to the treatment plans designed for such patients.

Biography :

Email: kalghalayini@kau.edu.sa