Aims The role of high-intensity exercise and other emerging risk factors in lone atrial
fibrillation (Ln-AF) epidemiology is still under debate. The aim of this study was to analyse …

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 …

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 …

Background The potential role of renal denervation (RD) in patients with AF and less severe
hypertension is unknown. Objective The purpose of this study was to assess the potential …

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to verify whether angiotensin-II converting
enzyme (ACE) inhibition is also effective in preventing relapses of lone atrial fibrillation …

BACKGROUND: Idiopathic atrial fibrillation (AF) refers to a clinically lacking cardiovascular
or pulmonary disease generating the pathophysiologic substrate for the arrhythmia …

В книге рассматриваются практические вопросы диагностики и лечения нарушений
сердечного ритма и проводимости. В настоящее издание включена информация из …

In a subset of individuals b60 years of age, atrial fibrillation (AF) develops in the absence of
known risk factors, a condition classified as lone AF [1]. Some have questioned whether lone …

BACKGROUND: A considerable rate of atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence is one of the major
limitations of pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). Although endothelin-1 (ET-1) is involved in …

Aims An age of 60 years is often used as cut-off for the diagnosis of idiopathic atrial
fibrillation (AF). We investigated the importance of age and atrial size in patients with …