2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery …

G Hindricks, T Potpara, N Dagres, E Arbelo… - European heart …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small regulatory molecules post-transcriptionally suppressing
mRNA activity. Many miRNAs in various organisms have been cloned but many unknown …

Post-Stroke Cardiovascular Complications and Neurogenic Cardiac Injury: JACC State-of-the-Art Review

LA Sposato, MJ Hilz, S Aspberg, SB Murthy… - Journal of the american …, 2020 - jacc.org
Over 1.5 million deaths worldwide are caused by neurocardiogenic syndromes.
Furthermore, the consequences of deleterious brain-heart interactions are not limited to fatal …

Atrial fibrillation and mechanisms of stroke: time for a new model

H Kamel, PM Okin, MSV Elkind, C Iadecola - Stroke, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
896 Stroke March 2016 risk. However, in a meta-analysis of 8 randomized clinical trials, a
rhythm-control strategy had no effect on stroke risk (odds ratio, 0.99; 95% confidence …

Diagnosis of atrial fibrillation after stroke and transient ischaemic attack: a systematic review and meta-analysis

LA Sposato, LE Cipriano, G Saposnik… - The Lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Among patients with atrial fibrillation, the risk of stroke is highest for those with a
history of stroke; however, oral anticoagulants can lower the risk of recurrent stroke by two …

Global epidemiology of atrial fibrillation

F Rahman, GF Kwan, EJ Benjamin - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2014 - nature.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major public health burden worldwide, and its prevalence is set to
increase owing to widespread population ageing, especially in rapidly developing countries …

Atrial fibrillation detected after stroke and transient ischemic attack: a novel clinical concept challenging current views

LA Sposato, S Chaturvedi, CY Hsieh, CA Morillo… - Stroke, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Atrial fibrillation (AF) can be newly detected in approximately one-fourth of patients with
ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack without previously recognized AF. We present …

Stroke–heart syndrome: clinical presentation and underlying mechanisms

JF Scheitz, CH Nolte, W Doehner, V Hachinski… - The Lancet …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Cardiac complications are a frequent medical problem during the first few days after an
ischaemic stroke, and patients present with a broad range of symptoms including myocardial …

Heart–brain axis: effects of neurologic injury on cardiovascular function

P Tahsili-Fahadan, RG Geocadin - Circulation research, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
A complex interaction exists between the nervous and cardiovascular systems. A large
network of cortical and subcortical brain regions control cardiovascular function via the …

The insular cortex and the regulation of cardiac function

S Oppenheimer, D Cechetto - Comprehensive Physiology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Cortical representation of the heart challenges the orthodox view that cardiac regulation is
confined to stereotyped, preprogrammed and rigid responses to exteroceptive or …

Autonomic dysfunction in acute ischemic stroke: an underexplored therapeutic area?

S De Raedt, A De Vos, J De Keyser - Journal of the neurological sciences, 2015 - Elsevier
Impaired autonomic function, characterized by a predominance of sympathetic activity, is
common in patients with acute ischemic stroke. This review describes methods to measure …