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The impact of diabetes mellitus on restoring and maintaining of sinus rhythm in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation

Potpara Tatjana (Klinika za kardiologiju Instituta za kardiovaskularne bolesti Kliničkog centra Srbije, Beograd)
Marinković-Erić Jelena (Institut za medicinsku statistiku Medicinskog fakulteta Univerziteta, Beograd)
Grujić Miodrag (Klinika za kardiologiju Instituta za kardiovaskularne bolesti Kliničkog centra Srbije, Beograd)
Radojković-Ćirović Biljana M. (Klinika za kardiologiju Instituta za kardiovaskularne bolesti Kliničkog centra Srbije, Beograd)
Vujisić-Tešić Bosiljka D. (Klinika za kardiologiju Instituta za kardiovaskularne bolesti Kliničkog centra Srbije, Beograd)
Petrović Milan (Klinika za kardiologiju Instituta za kardiovaskularne bolesti Kliničkog centra Srbije, Beograd)

We concluded that diabetes mellitus independently predicts the presence of recurrent atrial fibrillation but does not influence the possibility of sinus rhythm restoration. The relationship between atrial fibrillation and diabetes mellitus needs further investigation.

Keywords: persisten atrial fibrillation, diabetes mellitus, cardioversion, maintenance of sinus rhythm