Depression and coronary heart disease: 2018 position paper of the ESC working group on coronary pathophysiology and microcirculation

V Vaccarino, L Badimon, JD Bremner… - European heart …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Major depression is a highly prevalent condition, affecting approximately 10% of the
population. 1 It is also a growing global problem, 2 and has been consistently associated …

Obstructive sleep apnea: transition from pathophysiology to an integrative disease model

WT McNicholas, D Pevernagie - Journal of sleep research, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterised by recurring episodes of upper airway
obstruction during sleep and the fundamental abnormality reflects the inability of the upper …

[PDF][PDF] 2016 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS

P Kirchhof, S Benussi, D Kotecha… - Polish Heart …, 2016 - journals.viamedica.pl
Komisję ESC ds. Wytycznych Postępowania nadzoruje i koordynuje przygotowywanie
nowych wytycznych i stanowisk przez grupy robocze i inne grupy ekspertów. Komitet jest …

Risk of dementia in stroke-free patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation: data from a population-based cohort

D Kim, PS Yang, HT Yu, TH Kim, E Jang… - European heart …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Aims Atrial fibrillation (AF) is generally regarded as a risk factor for dementia, though
longitudinal studies assessing the association between AF and dementia have shown …

Searching for atrial fibrillation poststroke: a white paper of the AF-SCREEN international collaboration

RB Schnabel, KG Haeusler, JS Healey, B Freedman… - Circulation, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiac thromboembolism attributed to atrial fibrillation (AF) is responsible for up to one-
third of ischemic strokes. Stroke may be the first manifestation of previously undetected AF …

Left atrial appendage occlusion with the Amplatzer™ Amulet™ device: full results of the prospective global observational study

D Hildick-Smith, U Landmesser, AJ Camm… - European heart …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Aims To evaluate the safety and efficacy of left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) with the
Amplatzer™ Amulet™ occluder. Methods and results Patients with atrial fibrillation eligible …

Less dementia after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: a nationwide cohort study

D Kim, PS Yang, JH Sung, E Jang, HT Yu… - European heart …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Aims Accumulating evidence shows that atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with an
increased risk of dementia. Catheter ablation for AF prolongs the duration of sinus rhythm …

Comparison of dabigatran, rivaroxaban, and apixaban for effectiveness and safety in atrial fibrillation: a nationwide cohort study

OCW Rutherford, C Jonasson… - European Heart …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Aims The aim of this study was to compare the risk of stroke or systemic embolism (SE) and
major bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) using dabigatran, rivaroxaban, and …

Importance of considering competing risks in time-to-event analyses: application to stroke risk in a retrospective cohort study of elderly patients with atrial fibrillation

H Abdel-Qadir, J Fang, DS Lee, JV Tu… - … Quality and Outcomes, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Ignoring competing risks in time-to-event analyses can lead to biased risk
estimates, particularly for elderly patients with multimorbidity. We aimed to demonstrate the …

A decade of catheter ablation of cardiac arrhythmias in Sweden: ablation practices and outcomes

F Holmqvist, M Kesek, A Englund… - European heart …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Aims Catheter ablation is considered the treatment of choice for many tachyarrhythmias, but
convincing 'real-world'data on efficacy and safety are lacking. Using Swedish national …