Comparison of Left-Heart Structure in Patients with Valvular and Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation at Haji Adam Malik Hospital Medan

Background: Atrial fibrillation is still a most common arrhythmia. The incidence increases according to each remodeling of the heart chamber. Valvular and non valvular heart diseases have differences in hemodynamic adaptations that trigger a certain remodeling. However, until now it is not known whether there is a difference between the left heart structure and valvular and non valvular atrial fibrillation. Method: There were 60 patients with atrial fibrillation hospitalized from August 2018 to December 2018. The samples were then divided into 2 groups, namely the valvular and non valvular groups, each with 30 samples. All samples that met the criteria underwent echocardiography. Then comparative statistics were carried out with p values ​​