Results
The groups were comparable in the number and age of patients, associated pathologies, and the severity of chronic heart failure evaluated according to the stages and NYHA functional classes. In the group of patients with permanent atrial fibrillation, male gender prevailed as compared to other groups, probably, due to men’s late medical consultation. Table 1 presents a general characteristic of the patients.
Table 1. Characteristic of CHF patients with permanent atrial fibrillation, with paroxysmal one, and without atrial fibrillation