Atrial fibrillation in the 21st century: a current understanding of risk factors and primary prevention strategies

AR Menezes, CJ Lavie, JJ DiNicolantonio… - Mayo Clinic …, 2013 - Elsevier
atrial fibrillationrisk factors for AF and to discuss newer proposed risk factors. Based on this,
we also explore potential primary preventive strategies that may potentially decrease the risk

Atrial fibrillation and stroke prevention

GYH Lip, HS Lim - The Lancet Neurology, 2007 - thelancet.com
prevention owing to their high absolute risk. The underuse of anticoagulation might also be
related to uncertain risk … of the benefit and underestimation of risk of bleeding with warfarin in …

Pathophysiology and prevention of atrial fibrillation

MA Allessie, PA Boyden, AJ Camm, AG Kléber… - Circulation, 2001 - Am Heart Assoc
… Effective prevention is essential in managing this arrhythmia whose occurrence is widespread,
… To focus on means for prevention necessitates considering both clinical risk factors and …

Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation

B Freedman, TS Potpara, GYH Lip - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
… towards detection of atrial fibrillation before stroke occurs, … of all patients with atrial fibrillation
at increased risk of stroke with … risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation, followed by risk

Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: a systematic review

GYH Lip, DA Lane - Jama, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with an increase in mortality and morbidity, … risk factor
(except when the only risk is being a woman) should be offered OAC. A patient’s individual risk

[HTML][HTML] Prevention and treatment of atrial fibrillation via risk factor modification

EL O'Keefe, JE Sturgess, JH O'Keefe, S Gupta… - The American journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common clinically significant arrhythmia, and it increases
stroke risk. A preventive approach to AF is needed because virtually all treatments such as …

Modifiable risk factors and atrial fibrillation

DH Lau, S Nattel, JM Kalman, P Sanders - Circulation, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
… European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)/European Association of Cardiovascular
Prevention and Rehabilitation (EACPR) position paper on how to prevent atrial fibrillation

Stroke prevention strategies in high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation

A Kotalczyk, M Mazurek, Z Kalarus… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
… as those aged >80 years with multiple risk factors for bleeding), patients with … prevention
strategies, including left atrial appendage occlusion, in patients with atrial fibrillation at high risk

The state of the art: atrial fibrillation epidemiology, prevention, and treatment

DP Morin, ML Bernard, C Madias, PA Rogers… - Mayo Clinic …, 2016 - Elsevier
Atrial fibrillation itself is associated with up to a 3-fold increase in the risk of incident HF.
In the international Real-life global survey evaluating patients with Atrial Fibrillation, 27 the …

… atrial fibrillation in adults: national implications for rhythm management and stroke prevention: the AnTicoagulation and Risk Factors in Atrial Fibrillation (ATRIA) Study

AS Go, EM Hylek, KA Phillips, YC Chang, LE Henault… - Jama, 2001 - jamanetwork.com
atrial fibrillation, transient atrial fibrillation after recent cardiac surgery, no evidence of health
plan membership surrounding the atrial fibrillation … the index atrial fibrillation diagnosis. We …