Rhythm control in atrial fibrillation

JP Piccini, L Fauchier - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
… of sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation are referred to as … sinus rhythm rather than
accept continued atrial fibrillation with rate control alone. Finally, not only are present rhythm

Relationships between sinus rhythm, treatment, and survival in the Atrial Fibrillation Follow-Up Investigation of Rhythm Management (AFFIRM) Study

Affirm Investigators - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
… of patients with atrial fibrillation and a high risk for stroke or death with a rhythm-control strategy
… of the relationship of survival to cardiac rhythm and treatment as they changed over time. …

Heart rate dynamics distinguish among atrial fibrillation, normal sinus rhythm and sinus rhythm with frequent ectopy

M Carrara, L Carozzi, TJ Moss… - Physiological …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
… The goal of the analysis is to distinguish the rhythm categories atrial fibrillation (A and D),
normal sinus rhythm (B and E), and sinus rhythm with ectopy (C and F). The major findings are …

Acute treatment of atrial fibrillation: why and when to maintain sinus rhythm

JEP Waktare, AJ Camm - The American journal of cardiology, 1998 - Elsevier
sinus rhythm in >80% of patients, but recurrence of AFib over … sinus rhythm, rather than
accepting permanent AFib with … Whereas clear evidence exists that abolishing AFib makes …

Maintenance of sinus rhythm and survival in patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation

M Talajic, P Khairy, S Levesque, SJ Connolly… - Journal of the American …, 2010 - jacc.org
… in sinus rhythm was calculated. For each patient, the time interval between visits was divided
in quartiles, with each quartile designated sinus rhythm or atrial fibrillationatrial fibrillation

Antiarrhythmics for maintaining sinus rhythm after cardioversion of atrial fibrillation

L Valembois, E Audureau, A Takeda… - Cochrane Database …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
… treatment with antiarrhythmic drugs on death, stroke, drug adverse effects and recurrence
of atrial fibrillation in people who had recovered sinus rhythm after having atrial fibrillation. …

The progressive nature of atrial fibrillation: a rationale for early restoration and maintenance of sinus rhythm

IC Van Gelder, MEW Hemels - Europace, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia, affecting young as …
remodelling that may become manifest if normal sinus rhythm is not restored, and the serious …

Likelihood of spontaneous conversion of atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm

PG Danias, TA Caulfield, MJ Weigner… - Journal of the American …, 1998 - jacc.org
… to sinus rhythm, the duration of atrial fibrillation was … by 12-lead electrocardiography or rhythm
strip. Conversion was defined as … atrial fibrillation throughout the index hospital admission. …

Atrial fibrillation: restoration and maintenance of sinus rhythm and indications for anticoagulation therapy

H Golzari, RD Cebul, RC Bahler - Annals of internal medicine, 1996 - acpjournals.org
… To review the efficacy and safety of electrical and pharmacologic conversion of atrial fibrillation,
strategies for maintenance of sinus rhythm, and the importance of antithrombotic therapy. …

A novel method for detection of the transition between atrial fibrillation and sinus rhythm

C Huang, S Ye, H Chen, D Li, F He… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
rhythms and then use a four-step process to determine the transitions between AF and sinus
rhythm… two different cardiac rhythms, especially between AF and sinus rhythm. The AF event …