atrial fibrillation (AF)
Clinical implication of disturbed left atrial phasic functions in the heterogeneous population associated with hypertension or atrial fibrillation
... Hypertension and atrial fibrillation (AF) are both associated with left atrial (LA) structural and functional abnormalities. LA enlargement in the patients with hypertension or AF is a common ...
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Function Study of Atrial Fibrillation-Linked Connexin Mutants and Heterotypic Docking Compatibility of Cardiac Connexins
... Gap junctions are critical for the propagation of action potentials in the heart. Many autosomal dominant Cx40 mutations have been linked to atrial fibrillation (AF) and have showed GJ impairments. However, ...
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Measuring the effect of nurse practitioner (NP) led care on health related quality of life in adult patients with atrial fibrillation: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
... Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and healthcare resource ...in Atrial Fibrillation Effect on Quality of Life Survey ...
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The pathology and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias: focus on atrial fibrillation
... Abstract: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most frequently encountered sustained cardiac arrhythmia in clinical practice and a major cause of morbidity and ...
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ACC AHA ESC 2006 Guidelines Atrial fibrillation exec summary JACC.pdf
... In a small, retrospective, population-based study in Olmsted County, Minnesota, over 3 decades, the 15-y cumulative stroke rate in people with lone AF (defined as those younger than 60 y with no clinical history or ...
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ACC AHA ESC 2006 Guidelines Atrial fibrillation Circ Journal.pdf
... persistent atrial fibrillation (RACE) and Atrial Fibrillation Follow-up In- vestigation of Rhythm Management (AFFIRM) showed that patients who could tolerate rate-controlled AF had outcomes ...
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High Sensitivity CRP Predicts Long Term Mortality in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Evident Acute Coronary Syndrome
... Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a frequent arrhythmia associated with an adverse prognostic value in patients with ACS. Risk stratification as well as diagnosis of ACS is strongly supported by ...
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Clinical and Etiological Profile of Patients Presenting with Atrial Fibrillation – A Hospital Based Study
... Waldo AL NABOR study (National Anticoagulation Benchmark Outcomes Report) study) et al studied hospitalized patients with atrial fibrillation and confirmed the under-use of warfarin, but also adds to ...
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Functional Characteristics of Four Novel Lone Atrial Fibrillation-Linked Connexin40 Mutants
... Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a heart disease that affects millions of people worldwide. It is clinically considered to be the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia (Wakili et al., 2011b). With an overall ...
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Rivaroxaban in atrial fibrillation
... closely related to the estimated event rate in the trial, and are directly linked to the performance of the comparator. In this case, less time spent in the therapeutic range indicated poorer performance in terms of ...
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Clinical review: Clinical management of atrial fibrillation – rate control versus rhythm control
... Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia in the critically ill and is associated with adverse outcomes. Although there are plausible benefits from conversion and maintenance ...
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Evaluation of the vascular protective effects of new oral anticoagulants in high risk patients with atrial fibrillation (PREFER AF): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
... Accumulating evidence suggests that factor Xa and thrombin are important modulators of other cellular sig- naling mechanisms through the activation of protease- activated receptor (PAR)-mediated signaling. Cross-talk ...
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Catheter Ablation versus Thoracoscopic Surgical Ablation in Long Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation (CASA AF): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
... Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia, characterised by an irregularly irregular pulse, loss of atrial contractile function and attendant loss of active ventricular ...
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Cardiac Inter Beat Interval and Atrial Fibrillation Detection using Video Plethysmography
... and atrial fibrillation cohort). The atrial fibrillation diagnose was then obtained based on the comparison of the value to its corresponding threshold, where it would be said that a given ...
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Epidemiology of atrial fibrillation: European perspective
... “atrial fibrillation”, “atrial tachyarrhythmias”, “epidemiology”, “burden”, “rhythm control”, “rate control”, “stroke”, “heart failure”, “outcome”, “anticoagulant therapy”, and “antiplatelet ...
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Atrial Fibrillation Symptom Clusters
... with atrial fibrillation have previously been identified but not verified with follow-up ...Vanderbilt Atrial Fibrillation Registry with clinically verified paroxysmal, persistent, or ...
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The mechanisms of atrial fibrillation in hyperthyroidism
... Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a complex condition with several possible contributing ...left atrial pressure secondary to increased left ventricular mass and impaired ventricular relaxation, ischemia ...
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Molecular genetics of atrial fibrillation
... Atrial fibrillation (AF) has an enormous societal impact because of its very high incidence, its potential for devas- tating clinical consequences, the difficulty of its manage- ment and its associated ...
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Antithrombotic therapy in very elderly patients with atrial fibrillation: Is it enough to assess thromboembolic risk?
... Abstract: Although attention has been given to thromboprophylaxis for atrial fibrillation (AF) in present treatment guidelines, practical, clinical antithrombotic therapy is poorly developed for very ...
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Atrial fibrillation in a patient with Zika virus infection
... AF: Atrial fibrillation; BP: Blood pressure; CA: Coronary angiography; CHIKV: Chikungunya virus; CR: Chest radiography; DE: Echocardiographic doppler; DENV: Dengue virus; ECG: Electrocardiogram; HAM: ...
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