@article{Niaz_Razzaq_Latif_Aziz_Nazar_Luqman_Din_Aman_Shah_Rehman_et al._2016, title={Atrial Fibrillation in Mitral Stenosis and its correlation with age, sex & clinical symptoms}, volume={11}, url={https://annalskemu.org/journal/index.php/annals/article/view/999}, DOI={10.21649/akemu.v11i3.999}, abstractNote={<p>Objective: The objective of the study was to calculate the frequency of atrial fibrillation of MS and its correlation with age, sex and clinical symptoms. Design: A prospective descriptive study. Place: Mayo Hospital & Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Lahore. Patients and methods: 112 patients of mitral stenosis were investigated with an ECG and an echocardiography to confirm mitral stenosis and to measure anteroposterior left atrial dimensions on M-mode. All patients who were suffering from AF due to causes other than mitral stenosis were excluded. The significance of findings were tested through standard "t"test. Results: Atrial fibrillation is more in female patient and has a linear correlation with age. More common symptoms of shortness of breath followed by palpitation.</p>}, number={3}, journal={Annals of King Edward Medical University}, author={Niaz, Zafar and Razzaq, Anjum and Latif, Muhammad and Aziz, Bilal and Nazar, Tazeen and Luqman, Shoaib and Din, Jalalud and Aman, Nabeel A and Shah, Zahid H and Rehman, Azizur and et al.}, year={2016}, month={Apr.} }