2017 HRS/EHRA/ECAS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation

H Calkins, G Hindricks, R Cappato, YH Kim… - Ep …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
AFL atrial flutter AH arterial hypertension ANS autonomic nervous system APD action
potential duration ARREST-AF Aggressive Risk Factor Reduction Study for Atrial Fibrillation …

2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: recommendations for patient selection, procedural …

H Calkins, KH Kuck, R Cappato, J Brugada… - Europace, 2012 - academic.oup.com
During the past decade, catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) has evolved rapidly from
an investigational procedure to its current status as a commonly performed ablation …

JCS/JHRS 2019 guideline on non-pharmacotherapy of cardiac arrhythmias

A Nogami, T Kurita, H Abe, K Ando, T Ishikawa… - Circulation …, 2021 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Pacemaker treatment for bradyarrhythmia was first approved for national health insurance
coverage in Japan in 1974, and its use rapidly became widespread thereafter …

Driver domains in persistent atrial fibrillation

M Haissaguerre, M Hocini, A Denis, AJ Shah… - Circulation, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Specific noninvasive signal processing was applied to identify drivers in
distinct categories of persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). Methods and Results—In 103 …

Atrial fibrillation driven by micro-anatomic intramural re-entry revealed by simultaneous sub-epicardial and sub-endocardial optical mapping in explanted human …

BJ Hansen, J Zhao, TA Csepe, BT Moore… - European heart …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Aims The complex architecture of the human atria may create physical substrates for
sustained re-entry to drive atrial fibrillation (AF). The existence of sustained, anatomically …

Mechanisms of atrial fibrillation

RS Wijesurendra, B Casadei - Heart, 2019 - heart.bmj.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia, currently affecting over 33
million individuals worldwide, and its prevalence is expected to more than double over the …

Rotors and the dynamics of cardiac fibrillation

SV Pandit, J Jalife - Circulation research, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
The objective of this article is to present a broad review of the role of cardiac electric rotors
and their accompanying spiral waves in the mechanism of cardiac fibrillation. At the outset …

Intrinsically stretchable electrode array enabled in vivo electrophysiological mapping of atrial fibrillation at cellular resolution

J Liu, X Zhang, Y Liu, M Rodrigo… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Electrophysiological mapping of chronic atrial fibrillation (AF) at high throughput and high
resolution is critical for understanding its underlying mechanism and guiding definitive …

HRS/EHRA/ECAS Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Recommendations for Personnel, Policy, Procedures and …

H Calkins, J Brugada, DL Packer, R Cappato… - Europace, 2007 - academic.oup.com
During the past decade, catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) has evolved rapidly from a
highly experimental unproven procedure, to its current status as a commonly performed …

Role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of atrial fibrillation

K Ihara, T Sasano - Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most common arrhythmias encountered in clinical practice.
AF is a major risk factor for stroke, which is associated with high mortality and great disability …