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Picking the Locked Door

JACC: Case Reports, 2023
The management of atrial septal defects (ASDs) has been revolutionized by the advent of percutaneous transvenous occlusion devices. This case series describes techniques required to perform a transeptal puncture safely and effectively in patients ...
Noel Fitzpatrick, MB, MSc, John Keaney, MD, Edward Keelan, MB, Kevin P. Walsh, MD, Gábor Széplaki, PhD   +4 more
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Atrial fibrillation [PDF]

Nursing Standard, 2014
Essential facts Atrial fibrillation (AF) causes an abnormal, sometimes fast pulse, and is the most common heart rhythm disturbance. It occurs when electrical impulses controlling the heart's natural rhythm lose co-ordination. People with AF have a four or five times higher risk of stroke because it increases the risk of a blood clot forming in the ...
Munger, Thomas M., Wu, Li-Qun, Shen, Win K.   +2 more
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Atrial Fibrillation

The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology, 2022
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia despite substantial efforts to understand the pathophysiology of the condition and develop improved treatments. Identifying the underlying causative mechanisms of AF in individual patients is difficult and the efficacy of current therapies is suboptimal. Consequently, the incidence of AF is
Bianca J. J. M. Brundel, Xun Ai, Mellanie True Hills, Myrthe F. Kuipers, Gregory Y. H. Lip, Natasja M. S. de Groot   +5 more
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Association of Sleep Duration With Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis

Frontiers in Genetics, 2021
Both short (<7 h per night) and long (≥9 h per night) sleep durations are related to atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF), but their causality has not been confirmed. We applied Mendelian randomization (MR) approaches to estimate the causal
Jianqiang Zhao, Fangkun Yang, Chengui Zhuo, Qiyue Wang, Zihao Qu, Qiqi Wang, Liangrong Zheng   +6 more
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YKL-40 is highly expressed in the epicardial adipose tissue of patients with atrial fibrillation and associated with atrial fibrosis

Journal of Translational Medicine, 2018
Background YKL-40 (CHI3L1) is a novel biomarker for inflammation, tissue remodeling, and fibrosis, as well as cardiovascular diseases. We investigated the association between YKL-40 expression in epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) and atrial fibrosis in ...
Qing Wang, Hua Shen, Jie Min, Yang Gao, Kai Liu, Wang Xi, Jie Yang, Liang Yin, Jibin Xu, Jian Xiao, Zhinong Wang   +10 more
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Covid-19 pandemic induced traumatizing medical job contents and mental health distortions of physicians working in private practices and in hospitals

Scientific Reports, 2023
The Covid-19 pandemic during its early phases posed significant psychological threats particularly for medical frontline personal. It is unclear whether the medical workforce with the passage of time has adapted to these threats or have generalized to ...
Karl-Heinz Ladwig, Hamimatunnisa Johar, Inna Miller, Seryan Atasoy, Andreas Goette   +4 more
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Physical Activity and Risks of Cardiovascular Diseases: A Mendelian Randomization Study

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021
Background: Although some observational studies have shown that physical activity may have a positive relationship with cardiovascular diseases, the causal effect remains uncertain.
Chengui Zhuo, Jianqiang Zhao, Miao Chen, Yunlong Lu   +3 more
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Atrial Fibrillation [PDF]

Heart Lung <html_ent glyph="@amp;" ascii="&amp;"/> Circulation, 2003
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a hetrogeneous disease that may present in many forms. Advances in our understanding of the mechanism responsible for AF have led to exciting new therapies that may soon provide a definitive cure.
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Incidence and Predictors of Complications During Cryoballoon Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2016
BackgroundCryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) has emerged as an alternative to radiofrequency PVI for atrial fibrillation (AF). Data are lacking to define the rates and predictors of complications, particularly phrenic nerve injury (PNI).
Emily N. Guhl, Donald Siddoway, Evan Adelstein, Raveen Bazaz, George S. Mendenhall, Jan Nemec, Samir Saba, David Schwartzman, Andrew Voigt, Norman C. Wang, Sandeep K. Jain   +10 more
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Focal impulse and rotor modulation of atrial rotors during atrial fibrillation leads to organization of left atrial activation as reflected by waveform morphology recurrence quantification analysis and organizational index

Journal of Arrhythmia, 2020
Background Focal impulse and rotor modulation (FIRM) can cause slowing, organization, and occasionally termination of atrial fibrillation (AF), although results have been mixed.
Peter R. Liu, Daniel J. Friedman, Adam S. Barnett, Kevin P. Jackson, James P. Daubert, Jonathan P. Piccini   +5 more
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