Progression of chronic heart failure in atrial fibrillation in patients with arterial hypertension in combination with extracardial pathology

Purpose: to study the features of the course of atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with arterial hypertension (AH) and chronic heart failure (CHF) in combination with concomitant extracardial pathology and to assess the effect of AF on the progression of chronic heart failure. Material and Methods. In an observational cohort study was observed in 308 patients 45-60 years with AF in hypertension and CHF in combination with noncardiac pathology: diabetes mellitus (DM) (n=40); diffuse toxic goiter (DTG) (n=42); hypothyroidism (GT) (n=59); abdominal obesity (АО) (n=64); and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (n=47). The comparison group consisted of 56 patients with AF and CHF hypertension, without concomitant noncardiac disease. When comparing groups, the unpaired Mann - Whitney U- test for numerical variables and the exact two-way Fisher test for categorical variables were used. Differences were considered significant at a level of p