Background—Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) face significant risks of stroke and heart
failure. The objective of this study was to determine whether AF ablation reduces the long …

Irrigated‐Tip Catheter Ablation of PVs. Introduction: Catheter ablation of pulmonary veins
(PV) for treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) is limited by the disparate requirements of sufficient …

LV Diastolic Dysfunction in Lone AF. Lone atrial fibrillation (AF) is defined by the absence of
identifiable causes of AF, but its hemodynamics have not been investigated. Twenty‐eight …

BACKGROUND: Common single nucleotide polymorphisms at chromosome 4q25
(rs2200733, rs10033464) are associated with both lone and typical atrial fibrillation (AF) …

Background Risk of stroke and thromboembolism (TE) in patients with non-valvular atrial
fibrillation (NVAF) is categorised in stroke risk stratification scores. The role of pattern of …

Aims The purpose of this prospective study was to characterize the clinical profile of patients
with atrial fibrillation (AF) in the urban population of a sub-Saharan African country and to …

The REgistry on Cardiac rhythm disORDers assessing the control of Atrial Fibrillation
(RecordAF) is the first worldwide, 1-year observational, longitudinal study of the …

A 77-year-old woman with a history of hypertension treated with metoprolol presents for her
annual examination. She reports no new symptoms. The examination is remarkable only for …

Background Natural history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) is not very well documented.
Clinical experience suggests that paroxysmal AF could progress to chronic AF with …

Background—We hypothesized that frequency domain analysis of a wide bipolar interatrial
electrogram describes the global organization of atrial fibrillation (AF) and should vary over …