Background Lone atrial fibrillation (AF) has been suggested to have a favorable long-term
prognosis. Significant interest has been directed at factors predicting arrhythmia …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent sustained cardiac arrhythmia in adults, affecting>
1% of general population. Atrial fibrillation is commonly associated with structural heart …

This study indicates that arrhythmia recurs in≈ 60% of patients during the first episode of
lone AF diagnosed in the field; however, sustained AF rarely develops. A low risk of stroke …

Background Lone atrial fibrillation (LAF) is defined by the presence of atrial fibrillation
unassociated with other evidence of organic heart disease. There are conflicting data …

Background—The long-term natural history of lone atrial fibrillation is unknown. Our
objective was to determine the rate and predictors of progression from paroxysmal to …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) sometimes develops in younger individuals without any evident cardiac
or other disease. To refer to these patients who were considered to have a very favourable …

Aims The objectives of this study were to determine the long-term outcome and the
predictors of adverse events in patients originally diagnosed with lone atrial fibrillation (AF) …

The historical origin of the term “lone atrial fibrillation”(AF) predates by 60 years our current
understanding of the pathophysiology of AF, the multitude of known etiologies for AF, and …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice.
Despite the common association of AF with cardiovascular disease, some patients can be …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) may occur in the absence of identifiable causes, co-morbidities or
structural cardiac disease (lone AF). Silent AF is common and patients may have a …