Rhythm vs. rate control for treatment of postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials [PDF]
Frontiers in Cardiovascular MedicineBackgroundWe aimed to compare the clinical impact of treatment with a rhythm control strategy to a rate control strategy in postcardiac surgery atrial fibrillation patients.MethodsA comprehensive search of MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Central Register of ...
Mohammad S. Dairi +9 more
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Network meta-analysis of catheter ablation, rhythm control, and rate control strategies in atrial fibrillation with heart failure impact on mortality, cardiac function, and quality of life [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineObjectiveThis network meta-analysis evaluated the comparative efficacy and safety of catheter ablation (CA), rhythm control (RhC), rate control (RC), and combined rhythm and rate control (Rh + RC) in patients with heart failure (HF) and atrial ...
Huize Gao +7 more
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Early Rhythm Versus Rate Control in Older Adults With New‐Onset Atrial Fibrillation: A Propensity Score–Matched Analysis [PDF]
Journal of ArrhythmiaBackground Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia, associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Although early rhythm control has demonstrated benefit in selected trial populations, its real‐world effectiveness ...
Faizan Ahmed +13 more
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Outcomes of early rhythm control vs. rate control strategies for atrial fibrillation in late elderly patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Frontiers in Cardiovascular MedicineAtrial fibrillation (AF) is highly prevalent in late elderly patients, yet optimal management remains uncertain. While early rhythm control has shown benefits in younger populations, evidence in patients over 75 years is limited, and rate control remains
Soban Ahmad +5 more
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Challenges in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation With Subclinical Hyperthyroidism
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 Subclinical thyroid disorders have a high prevalence among older individuals and women. Subclinical hypothyroidism is diagnosed by elevated serum levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) with thyroxine levels within the reference range, and ...
Baris Gencer +5 more
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A Decoding-Complexity and Rate-Controlled Video-Coding Algorithm for HEVC
Future Internet, 2020 Video playback on mobile consumer electronic (CE) devices is plagued by fluctuations in the network bandwidth and by limitations in processing and energy availability at the individual devices.
Thanuja Mallikarachchi +4 more
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IEEE Access, 2017 Implantable wireless body area networks (WBANs) are gaining considerable attention to the researchers due to their high potential in healthcare applications.
Muhammad Mostafa Monowar, Fuad Bajaber
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IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 2023 This study investigates the resource management problem for millimeter-wave-based switched beam (SWB) full-duplex small cell networks with the consideration of user equipment’s (UE’s) quality of experience (QoE) requirement and time-varying
Chun-Hao Fang, Kai-Ten Feng
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STATE OF THE ART PHARMACOLOGICAL THERAPY FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
Российский кардиологический журнал, 2017 Pharmacological therapy remains the primary approach to atrial fibrillation (AF). Management of all AF patients includes the decision on rate or rhythm control. The latter means antiarrhythmic drugs application that are being selected primarily by safety
S. G. Kanorsky, Yu. S. Kovalenko
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022 BackgroundAtrial fibrillation (AF) is treated by heart rate (HR) control. However, the optimal HR target in AF patients with heart failure (HF) remains unclear.
Shinjeong Song +16 more
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