Role of permanent atrial fibrillation (AF) on long-term mortality in community-dwelling elderly people with and without chronic heart failure (CHF)

► Atrial fibrillation predicts long-term mortality in elderly subjects. ► Elderly subjects with atrial fibrillation are characterized by the “frailty” sindrome. ► Atrial fibrillation predicts long-term mortality in elderly subjects without but not in those with chronic heart failure.