EHRA/HRS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus on atrial cardiomyopathies: definition, characterization, and clinical implication

A Goette, JM Kalman, L Aguinaga, J Akar… - Heart …, 2017 - heartrhythmjournal.com
The atria provide an important contribution to cardiac function. 1, 2 Besides their impact on
ventricular filling, they serve as a volume reservoir, host pacemaker cells and important parts …

[HTML][HTML] Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: an overview for clinicians

N Mujović, M Marinković, R Lenarczyk, R Tilz… - Advances in …, 2017 - Springer
Catheter ablation (CA) of atrial fibrillation (AF) is currently one of the most commonly
performed electrophysiology procedures. Ablation of paroxysmal AF is based on the …

EHRA/HRS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus on atrial cardiomyopathies: definition, characterization, and clinical implication

A Goette, JM Kalman, L Aguinaga, J Akar… - Ep …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The atria provide an important contribution to cardiac function. 1, 2 Besides their impact on
ventricular filling, they serve as a volume reservoir, host pacemaker cells and important parts …

A prospective survey in European Society of Cardiology member countries of atrial fibrillation management: baseline results of EURObservational Research …

GYH Lip, C Laroche, GA Dan, M Santini, Z Kalarus… - Europace, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Aims Given the advances in atrial fibrillation (AF) management and the availability of new
European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines, there is a need for the systematic …

Lifetime risks, projected numbers, and adverse outcomes in Asian patients with atrial fibrillation: a report from the Taiwan nationwide AF cohort study

TF Chao, CJ Liu, TC Tuan, TJ Chen, MH Hsieh… - Chest, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Most data on the clinical epidemiology of atrial fibrillation (AF) come from
Western populations, and data for Asians are limited. We investigated the lifetime risk and …

A 12-year follow-up study of patients with newly diagnosed lone atrial fibrillation: implications of arrhythmia progression on prognosis: the Belgrade Atrial Fibrillation …

TS Potpara, GR Stankovic, BD Beleslin, MM Polovina… - Chest, 2012 - Elsevier
Background Lone atrial fibrillation (AF) has been suggested to have a favorable long-term
prognosis. Significant interest has been directed at factors predicting arrhythmia …

Genetic variation in KCNA5: impact on the atrial-specific potassium current IKur in patients with lone atrial fibrillation

IE Christophersen, MS Olesen, B Liang… - European heart …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Aims Genetic factors may be important in the development of atrial fibrillation (AF) in the
young. KCNA5 encodes the potassium channel α-subunit KV1. 5, which underlies the …

Inhibition of CaMKII phosphorylation of RyR2 prevents induction of atrial fibrillation in FKBP12. 6 knockout mice

N Li, T Wang, W Wang, MJ Cutler, Q Wang… - Circulation …, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Abnormal calcium release from sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) is considered an
important trigger of atrial fibrillation (AF). Whereas increased Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent …

A frameshift deletion in the sarcomere gene MYL4 causes early-onset familial atrial fibrillation

DF Gudbjartsson, H Holm, P Sulem… - European heart …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Aims Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia in man, causing
substantial morbidity and mortality with a major worldwide public health impact. It is …

Reliable identification of “truly low” thromboembolic risk in patients initially diagnosed with “lone” atrial fibrillation: the Belgrade atrial fibrillation study

TS Potpara, MM Polovina, MM Licina… - Circulation …, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The CHA2DS2-VASc (Congestive heart failure, Hypertension, Age≥ 75
years, Diabetes mellitus, previous Stroke/transient ischemic attack [TIA], Vascular disease …