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Rising Comorbidity Burden in Inpatient Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation: Temporal Trends and In‐Hospital Outcomes

Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite advancements in catheter ablation (CA) technique and expertise, success rates of atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation have not substantially improved in recent years. Treating patients with advanced age and higher comorbidities may limit success rates while increasing complications.
Eran Leshem, Bar Ehrenberg, Adam Folman, Mark Kazatsker, Ariel Roguin, Gilad Margolis   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Current strategies of antiarrhythmic drug therapy for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation [PDF]

, 2012
Atrial fibrillation is now recognized as a significant medical and social problem. Atrial fibrillation not only causes cardiovascular complications, including thromboembolism and heart failure, but also decreases the survival of patients with impaired ...
Takashi Komatsu
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Management of Left Atrial Appendage Thrombi and Spontaneous Echo Contrast

Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background To analyze the efficacy and safety of various anticoagulation strategies/regimen used for managing thrombus or spontaneous echo contrast in the left atrial appendage. Methods Thrombus or spontaneous echo contrast in the left atrial appendage was detected via transesophageal echocardiography in 83 patients, most often during a stroke
Timnou Bekouti Jean, Ravakiniaina Ranaivosoa Mialy, Ateba Ateba Nelly Stella, Tsague Kegni Hermann, Rambolarimanana Mansh, Ndobo Julia Valérie, Imbey Eheth Levy, Maury Philippe, Diawara Alpha, Roynard Jean Louis, Boombhi Jerome Hilaire   +10 more
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Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion vs Oral Anticoagulation for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: A Meta‐Analysis

Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) has emerged as a non‐pharmacological alternative to oral anticoagulation (OAC) for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Following the publication of recent CHAMPION‐AF and CLOSURE‐AF trials, an updated synthesis of evidence is warranted to clarify the long‐term ...
Ahmed Nazmy, Alaa Abdrabou Abouelmagd, Ahmed Sobhy, Mennatullah Ashour, Hassan El‐shirbiny, Moneeb Khalaph, Ahmed Yasser Shaban, Mahmoud Nazmy, Amroos Shabaan, Abdullah Farahat Elbanna, Abdelrahman Hafez, C. Michael Gibson   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Frequent atrial premature beats predict paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in stroke patients: an opportunity for a new diagnostic strategy

, 2007
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: For patients having suffered ischemic stroke, the current diagnostic strategies often fail to detect atrial fibrillation as a potential cause of embolic events.
Arnold, Marcel, Wustmann, Kerstin, Meier, Pascal, Isenegger, Jörg, Tüller, David, Wallmann, Dieter, Delacrétaz, Etienne, Mattle, Heinrich P, Isenegger J, Arnold M, Tüller D, Mattle, Heinrich P., Wallmann D, Delacrétaz E, Mattle HP, Wustmann K, Meier P   +16 more
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Safety of Intra‐Amniotic and Intra‐Fetal Digoxin Administration in Late Second‐Trimester Abortion by Dilation and Evacuation

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The study's purpose was to determine the safety of two routes and doses of digoxin through assessment of systemic absorption, cardiac rhythm, and coagulation parameters injected as part of second‐trimester dilation and evacuation abortion.
Eleanor A. Drey, Nora Goldschlager, Neal L. Benowitz, Abby Sokoloff, Rebecca A. Jackson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Left Atrial Appendage Aneurysm with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

The Heart Surgery Forum, 2012
Aneurysm of the left atrial appendage is extremely rare, and afflicted patients most commonly present with atrial tachyarrhythmia or thromboembolism. For these patients, resection of the aneurysm is the recommended and preferred therapy. We present the case of a 57-year-old woman who was found incidentally to have a large aneurysm of the left atrial ...
Yu-Jen, Shih, Yi-Chang, Lin, Yi-Ting, Tsai, Chih-Yuan, Lin, Chung-Yi, Lee, Hsiang-Yu, Yang, Cheng-Ken, Tsai, Gou-Jieng, Hong, Chien-Sung, Tsai   +8 more
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Lifestyle modification in atrial fibrillation: Mechanisms, phenotypes and ablation outcomes

Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent sustained cardiac arrhythmia and is associated with significant morbidity, mortality and healthcare utilization. Catheter ablation is increasingly used as a rhythm‐control intervention for patients with symptomatic paroxysmal and persistent AF, yet recurrence rates remain suboptimal.
Konstantinos Grigoriou, Paschalis Karakasis, Panagiotis Theofilis, Konstantinos Pamporis, Panayotis K. Vlachakis, Anastasios Apostolos, Nikolaos Ktenopoulos, Barbara Fyntanidou, Efstratios Karagiannidis, Dimitrios Patoulias, Antonios P Antoniadis, Nikolaos Fragakis   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY CARDIOVERSION OF PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION [PDF]

, 2002
Background. Atrial fibrillation is one of the most common arrhythmias. There is a traditional division by time course into acute and chronic forms. The classification of acute forms is unsatisfactory.
Franc Verovnik
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A new approach to an old disease: Ageing, arrhythmogenic substrate and the role of risk‐factor modification in atrial fibrillation

Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Atrial fibrillation (AF) prevalence rises sharply with age due to two independent mechanisms. Ageing produces irreversible arrhythmogenic substrate changes through progressive fibrosis, cellular senescence and mitochondrial dysfunction, while modifiable risk factors such as obesity, hypertension, sleep apnoea, diabetes and alcohol use promote ...
Udit Thakur, Jonathan M. Kalman
wiley   +1 more source