ALLMedicine Atrial Fibrillation Center

May 31st, 2020 - A 68 year's old man with permanent atrial fibrillation, underwent a left atrial appendage closure because of high bleeding risk. However, after one month, an incomplete occlusion of the left atrial appendage due to a too deep position of the devic...

May 31st, 2020 - Depression, anxiety, and cognitive impairments occur in up to 40 % of adults with AF and are associated with poorer health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and higher symptom burden. However, it is unknown how often these impairments co-occur, or m...

May 31st, 2020 - Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a neglected disease affecting 33 million people, mainly in low and middle income countries. Yet very few large trials or registries have been conducted in this population. The INVICTUS program of research in RHD co...

May 31st, 2020 - Direct-acting oral anticoagulants are indicated for the treatment of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, but their use in patients after undergoing cardiac surgery is poorly defined despite a high prevalence of postoperative atrial fibrillation in th...

May 31st, 2020 - A strategy based on the attainment of the specific parameter of - 40 °C within the first 60 s during cryoenergy applications in the setting of cryoballoon ablation (CB-A) without the use of an inner lumen mapping catheter (ILMC) (Achieve; Medtroni...

May 10th, 2020 - HRS white paper on atrial fibrillation centers of excellence: Rationale, considerations, and goals.|2020|Piccini JP,Allred J,Bunch TJ,Deering TF,Di Biase L,|

Feb 25th, 2020 - Epidemiological and biological plausibility studies support a cause-and-effect relationship between increased levels of physical activity or cardiorespiratory fitness and reduced coronary heart disease events. These data, plus the well-documented ...

Feb 4th, 2020 - There is an increasing consumption of energy drinks both in the United States and worldwide. The components of these beverages are sometimes unclear but commonly include caffeine, sugars, taurine, and B-vitamins. Young people, particularly those e...

Dec 3rd, 2019 - Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is the most common type of cardiac arrhythmia, affecting 2.7 million to 6.1 million persons in the United States. Although some persons with AFib have no symptoms, others do. For those without symptoms, AFib may be detec...

Dec 2nd, 2019 - This study aimed to explore the feasibility of photoplethysmography-based smart devices for the detection of atrial fibrillation in real-world settings.

May 31st, 2020 - A 68 year's old man with permanent atrial fibrillation, underwent a left atrial appendage closure because of high bleeding risk. However, after one month, an incomplete occlusion of the left atrial appendage due to a too deep position of the devic...

May 31st, 2020 - Depression, anxiety, and cognitive impairments occur in up to 40 % of adults with AF and are associated with poorer health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and higher symptom burden. However, it is unknown how often these impairments co-occur, or m...

May 31st, 2020 - Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a neglected disease affecting 33 million people, mainly in low and middle income countries. Yet very few large trials or registries have been conducted in this population. The INVICTUS program of research in RHD co...

May 31st, 2020 - Direct-acting oral anticoagulants are indicated for the treatment of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, but their use in patients after undergoing cardiac surgery is poorly defined despite a high prevalence of postoperative atrial fibrillation in th...

May 31st, 2020 - A strategy based on the attainment of the specific parameter of - 40 °C within the first 60 s during cryoenergy applications in the setting of cryoballoon ablation (CB-A) without the use of an inner lumen mapping catheter (ILMC) (Achieve; Medtroni...

May 27th, 2020 - Thomas Munger, MD: Hello, and welcome back to the Mayo Clinic Medscape video series. I am Tom Munger, electrophysiologist and heart rhythm chair at Mayo Clinic Rochester. Today we will be discussing the pros and cons of Watchman and other left atr...

May 20th, 2020 - Among patients with atrial fibrillation, use of direct oral anticoagulants is linked to lower osteoporotic fracture risk versus warfarin, results of a recent population-based cohort study show. The choice of direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) didn't...

May 10th, 2020 - Catheter ablation, a mainstay for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF), is also often performed in patients with persistent AF, although based on less supporting evidence. There isn't yet a catheter approved by the US Food and Drug Administration f...

May 10th, 2020 - What if atrial fibrillation (AF) turned out to be a marker of risk for cardioembolic stroke but not necessarily the direct cause of culprit thrombi? Patients with embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) showed about as much atrial fibrosis on...

May 10th, 2020 - Patients with atrial fibrillation, even those on oral anticoagulant therapy, developed clinically silent brain infarctions at a striking rate of close to 3% per year, according to results from SWISS-AF, a prospective of study of 1,227 Swiss patien...