Zeren, Melih Karci, Makbule Demir, Rengin Gurses, Hulya Nilgun Oktay, Veysel Uzunhasan, Isil Yigit, Zerrin
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Irish journal of medical science
Since symptomatology is a major predictor of quality of life and an endpoint for the management of atrial fibrillation (AF), practical approaches for objectively interpreting symptom burden and functional impairment are needed. We aimed to provide cut-off values for two frequently used field tests to be able to objectively interpret symptom burden ...
Ghazal, Faris Aronsson, Mattias Al-Khalili, Faris Rosenqvist, Mårten Levin, Lars-Åke
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Scandinavian cardiovascular journal : SCJ
The aim of this study was to estimate the cost-effectiveness of intermittent electrocardiogram (ECG) screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) among 70-74-year old individuals in primary care. We also aimed to assess adherence to anticoagulants, severe bleeding, stroke and mortality among screening-detected AF cases at three-year follow-up. A post hoc...
Azaña Gómez, Javier Pérez-Belmonte, Luis M Rubio-Rivas, Manuel Bascuñana, José Quirós-López, Raúl Taboada Martínez, María Luisa Montero Hernandez, Esther Roque-Rojas, Fernando Méndez-Bailón, Manuel Gómez-Huelgas, Ricardo
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Medicina clinica
Atrial fibrillation and associated comorbidities pose a risk factor for mortality, morbidity and development of complications in patients admitted for COVID-19. To describe the clinical, epidemiological, radiological and analytical characteristics of patients with atrial fibrillation admitted for COVID-19 in Spain. Secondarily, we aim to identify t...
Noubiap, Jean Jacques Thomas, Gijo Agbaedeng, Thomas A Fitzgerald, John L Gallagher, Celine Middeldorp, Melissa E Sanders, Prashanthan
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European heart journal. Quality of care & clinical outcomes
This study aimed to investigate the impact of sex on the clinical profile, utilization of rhythm control therapies, cost of hospitalization, length of stay, and in-hospital mortality in patients admitted for atrial fibrillation (AF) in the United States. We used data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample for the year 2018. Regression analysis was pe...
Al-Hussainy, Nour Kragholm, Kristian Hay Lundbye-Christensen, Søren Torp-Pedersen, Christian Pareek, Manan Therkelsen, Susette Krohn Lip, Gregory Y H Riahi, Sam
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European heart journal. Quality of care & clinical outcomes
The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk of stroke and bleeding among patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) treated with direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) despite anaemia at treatment initiation time. All Danish patients (N = 41 321) diagnosed with incident AF, having a baseline haemoglobin (Hb), and subsequently initiated DOAC therapy betw...
Boriani, Giuseppe Vitolo, Marco Malavasi, Vincenzo L Proietti, Marco Fantecchi, Elisa Diemberger, Igor Fauchier, Laurent Marin, Francisco Nabauer, Michael Potpara, Tatjana S
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European journal of preventive cardiology
To investigate the association of anthropometric parameters [height, weight, body mass index (BMI), body surface area (BSA), and lean body mass (LBM)] with outcomes in atrial fibrillation (AF). Ten-thousand two-hundred twenty patients were enrolled [40.3% females, median age 70 (62-77) years, followed for 728 (interquartile range 653-745) days]. Se...
Scheurlen, Cornelia van den Bruck, Jan-Hendrik Filipovic, Karlo Wörmann, Jonas Arica, Zeynep Erlhöfer, Susanne Dittrich, Sebastian Heijman, Jordi Lüker, Jakob Steven, Daniel
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Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing
Cryoballoon (CB) ablation and radiofrequency (RF) ablation are the most common techniques for pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) in patients with symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF). An increasing number of patients undergoing PVI are obese. To address the paucity of data on outcomes of CB- vs. RF-based PVI in relation to body mass index (BMI) of AF p...
Sikorska, Agnieszka Baran, Jakub Piotrowski, Roman Kryński, Tomasz Szymot, Joanna Soszyńska, Małgorzata Kułakowski, Piotr
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Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing
To compare daily ECG transmissions using trans-telephonic monitoring (TTM) with repeated 6-day Holter ECG in detecting atrial fibrillation (AF) episodes following ablation. Each patient underwent two types of recordings: daily ECG TTM lasting 30 s and standard 6-day ambulatory ECG monitoring performed 3, 6, and 12 months after ablation. Number of p...
Kawaji, Tetsuma Aizawa, Takanori Hojo, Shun Yaku, Hidenori Nakatsuma, Kenji Kaneda, Kazuhisa Kato, Masashi Yokomatsu, Takafumi Miki, Shinji
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Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing
The characteristics of atrial fibrillation (AF) drivers identified by CARTOFINDER have not been thoroughly evaluated. Therefore, the current study was sought to validate the reliability of AF drivers. The reliability of focal and rotational activation identified by CARTOFINDER during AF was assessed by the sequential recordings in each site before ...
Yamada, Shinya Kaneshiro, Takashi Hijioka, Naoko Amami, Kazuaki Horikoshi, Yukiko Yamadera, Yukio Hikichi, Takuto Yoshihisa, Akiomi Takeishi, Yasuchika
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Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing
Clinical significance of reduced vagal activity following pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) for atrial fibrillation (AF) remains unclear. Periesophageal vagal nerve injury following PVI may be a powerful contributing factor of decreased vagal tone. Drug-refractory 51 AF patients (31 males, 64 ± 11 years), who underwent successful PVI, were enrolled. W...
