Table 3. Comorbidities and causes of death among patients with persistent atrial fibrillation at discharge who died during follow up.

Patient	Age	Gender	Indication for lung transplant	LA size (mm)	Previous heart disease	Cause of death
#1	62	Male	Pulmonary fibrosis	41	No	Myocardial infarction
#2	44	Male	Cystic fibrosis	39	-Prior atrial fibrillation -Diabetes	Bacterial infection
#3	50	Female	Obliterative bronchiolitis	46	- Prior atrial fibrillation -Hypertension	Unspecified heart disease
#4	63	Female	Pulmonary fibrosis	45	- Hypertension	Alveolar hemorrhage
#5	59	Male	Cystic fibrosis	37	No	Infection
#6	43	Male	Cystic fibrosis	37	No	Bacterial infection
#7	52	Male	ASD with Eissenmenger physiology	55	- Shunt	Stroke