Echocardiographic findings associated with atrial fibrillation in 1,699 patients aged >60 years

In the present study, elderly patients with chronic atrial fibrillation had a 2.9 times higher prevalence of left atrial enlargement, a 2.0 times higher prevalence of LV hypertrophy, and a 2.5 times higher prevalence of abnormal LV ejection fraction than elderly patients with sinus rhythm.