AFL atrial flutter AH arterial hypertension ANS autonomic nervous system APD action
potential duration ARREST-AF Aggressive Risk Factor Reduction Study for Atrial Fibrillation …

The natural history of atrial fibrillation (AF) is characterized by a gradual worsening with time.
The recent finding that AF itself produces changes in atrial function and structure has …

The Japanese Circulation Society (JCS) published the “Guidelines for Pharmacological
Treatment of Arrhythmia” in 2004, and a revised edition was published in 2009. 1 Both …

Background In this study we tested the hypothesis that atrial fibrillation (AF) causes
electrophysiological changes of the atrial myocardium which might explain the progressive …

1.1. Organization of Committee and Evidence Review (UPDATED) For new or updated text,
view the 2011 Focused Update and the 2011 Update on Dabigatran. Text supporting …

Atrial fibrillation is a condition in which control of heart rhythm is taken away from the normal
sinus node pacemaker by rapid activity in different areas within the upper chambers (atria) of …

The present guidelines are a revision of the 2008 version of Guidelines for
Pharmacotherapy of Atrial Fibrillation, 1 which were originally published in 2001, 2 and …

Post-operative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is one of the most frequent complications of cardiac
surgery and an important predictor of patient morbidity as well as of prolonged …

Kléber, André G., and Yoram Rudy. Basic Mechanisms of Cardiac Impulse Propagation and
Associated Arrhythmias. Physiol Rev 84: 431–488, 2004; 10.1152/physrev. 00025.2003 …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac rhythm disturbance, increasing
in prevalence with age. AF is often associated with structural heart disease, although a …