HeartRhythm

AUGUST 31, 2024

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia. Smart technologies such as smartphones and smartwatches used in everyday life offer promising avenues for enhancing AF management.

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HeartRhythm

AUGUST 31, 2024

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality including heart failure and stroke. Using a large cardiac patch monitoring dataset, we reported on arrhythmia characteristics and symptom presentations across AF subtypes. Subtypes of AF (e.g.

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ECG Guru

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation are 2 different cardiac arrhythmias, but occur frequently side by side in the same patient. Here is an example of how atrial flutter degenerataes into atrial fibrillation.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Atrial fibrillation is the most prevalent sustained cardiac arrhythmia and an important risk factor for ischemic stroke resulting in a fivefold increased stroke risk. The clinical utility of polygenic risk scores for ischemic stroke prediction among atrial fibrillation patients has not yet been established.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 16, 2024

Introduction Catheter ablation is an effective and safe strategy for treating atrial fibrillation patients. Method Patient baseline characteristics and electrophysiological parameters were examined to identify the predictors of atrial fibrillation recurrence following catheter ablation. years following catheter ablation.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Animal studies suggest that catheter ablation-associated parasympathetic and sympathetic denervation could result in increased ventricular arrhythmias (VA). The impact of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation on VA burden in humans has not been assessed.

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HeartRhythm

JULY 21, 2024

The global health challenge posed by cardiac arrhythmias, particularly atrial fibrillation (AF), is significant, with heightened risks of stroke, heart failure, and systemic embolism1.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JULY 23, 2024

Recent research has also found the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AFib), the most common type of irregular heart rhythm or arrhythmia, continues to rise, according to the study. Binge drinking (five drinks within two hours for men and four drinks within two hours for women) is common around the world.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

BackgroundScreening for atrial fibrillation (AF) may reveal incidental arrhythmias of relevance. We furthermore report treatment decisions because of incidental arrhythmias. We found incidental arrhythmias in 94 patients (11.8%). Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print. of our cohort patients.

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CTVS

AUGUST 22, 2023

It is estimated that more than 12 million people in the United States will have Atrial Fibrillation, or AFib in 2030. It is one of the most commonly diagnosed heart conditions and is characterized by an irregular heartbeat or rhythm, known as arrhythmia.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Incident atrial fibrillation (AF) has been identified as the most common reason for discontinuation of BTKi, limiting therapeutic utility of these agents.

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DAIC

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Unlike paroxysmal AF, which describes symptoms that last for seven days or fewer, persistent AF is a sustained arrhythmia that lasts for more than a week 1. Early treatment of persistent AF can reduce the risk of blood clots, stroke, and heart failure, and may prevent the disease from becoming permanent.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained arrhythmia. Females with atrial fibrillation have been known to have an increased risk of stroke. However, racial disparities in outcomes in atrial fibrillation patients have been less studied.

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The British Journal of Cardiology

AUGUST 21, 2024

Digoxin has been used in the management of chronic heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) for over 250 years. However, due to concerns about arrhythmia and toxicity, its use has declined dramatically over recent decades. It is the only drug that combines an inotropic effect with a reduction in ventricular rate in AF.

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HeartRhythm

AUGUST 31, 2024

Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is a heart arrhythmia with influences from lifestyle risk factors like alcohol use and obesity. As such, patient lifestyles have a prominent role in managing AF.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in clinical practice and accounts for many arrhythmia-related hospitalizations. Despite being on anticoagulation (AC), male patients with atrial fibrillation have worse inpatient outcomes compared to females.

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Med Page Today

MAY 18, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- BOSTON -- For persistent atrial fibrillation (Afib), adding artificial intelligence guidance for ablation site selection improved success, the TAILORED trial showed. Freedom from Afib after one procedure regardless of antiarrhythmic.

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The British Journal of Cardiology

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Persistent cardiac arrhythmias are readily amenable to detection by performing a standard electrocardiogram (ECG), but detection of transient (paroxysmal) arrhythmias has long been a significant cause of frustration to both doctors and patients. This article aims to provide a helpful overview for patients and doctors advising them.

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HeartRhythm

MAY 27, 2024

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia with high morbidity and mortality implications. Several studies have described a paradoxical inverse relationship between serum cholesterol and the risk of AF, but it remains unknown whether remnant cholesterol (RC) is associated with AF incidence.

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HeartRhythm

JUNE 30, 2024

Atrial arrhythmias are an important source of morbidity in adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) and have been linked to sudden death in certain subgroups. Whereas intra-atrial reentrant tachycardia (IART) is the most common arrhythmia, the prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) is increasing.

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Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia in the world and increases the risk for stroke and morbidity.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia. Catheter ablation (CA) has emerged as an important modality for managing AF, improving quality of life, and potentially reversing cardiac dysfunction.

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HeartRhythm

AUGUST 13, 2024

Atrial arrhythmias (AA), particularly atrial fibrillation (AF), are prevalent in CA and may impact long-term cardiovascular outcomes, prompting an investigation into early rhythm management strategies.2 1 Recent advancements in imaging and therapeutic agents have sparked considerable interest in this field.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Additional relevant studies, published through November 2022, during the guideline writing process, were also considered by the writing committee and added to the evidence tables, where appropriate.StructureAtrial fibrillation is the most sustained common arrhythmia, and its incidence and prevalence are increasing in the United States and globally.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Computational simulations of reentrant arrhythmia in 3D left atrial (LA) models have emerged as a powerful tool to characterize the propensity to sustain arrhythmia. In addition to fibrosis, electrical remodeling from epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) may play an important role in creating substrate for atrial fibrillation (AF).

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HeartRhythm

JANUARY 25, 2024

Early recurrence of atrial arrhythmia (ERA) is commonly seen following catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF), with reported incidences of up to 61% in the first three months.1

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

The rate of ICD implantation has risen due to the increasing population age and the growing prevalence of cardiac arrhythmias. Patients with ICDs who experience atrial fibrillation (AF) have a higher risk of stroke, heart failure, and mortality.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Characterizing atrial fibrillation (AF) substrate can guide ablation strategies. Ablation of low voltage zones (LVZs) improves freedom from arrhythmia, but the chaotic nature of atrial excitation in AF frequently results in overestimation of LVZs limiting accurate substrate identification.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Atrial fibrillation (AF), a common cardiac arrhythmia, presents unique management challenges, particularly in patients with varying degrees of frailty. This study aims to elucidate the impact of frailty on readmission rates and the utilization of ablation therapy in AF patients.

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HeartRhythm

JUNE 17, 2024

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia requiring hospital admission and the incidence is increasing.1 1 Previously, based on the results of the AFFIRM study, the clinical decision to pursue a rhythm control strategy with catheter ablation or medications was primarily driven by the presence of symptoms.2,3

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

There is a limited knowledge on atrial arrhythmias recurring after complex left atrial (LA) pulsed field ablation (PFA) for longstanding persistent atrial fibrillation (LSPAF).

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HeartRhythm

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common heart arrhythmia and a major cause of cardioembolic stroke. Polygenic risk scores (PRS) have become a popular method of quantifying aggregated genetic risk from common variants, but their clinical value in atrial fibrillation remains uncertain.

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Open Heart

JANUARY 18, 2024

Introduction Three recent randomised controlled trials have demonstrated that pulmonary vein isolation as an initial rhythm control strategy with cryoablation reduces atrial arrhythmia recurrence in patients with symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) compared with antiarrhythmic drug (AAD) therapy.

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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

JANUARY 15, 2024

Abstract Introduction Atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter originating from the donor s heart is a commonly reported complication post heart transplant. Case A 47-year-old male presented with atrial tachycardia 6 months post heart transplant. This arrhythmia was successfully terminated with radiofrequency ablation.

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HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia with increasing prevalence globally. Catheter ablation is well-established treatment for prevention of AF recurrences and decreasing AF symptoms.

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HeartRhythm

JULY 14, 2024

atrial fibrillation (AF)). We screened 391 papers, examining 278 that applied MR to investigate arrhythmia and, among others, cardiovascular traits, lifestyle, behavioral traits, body composition. Mendelian randomization (MR) uses genetic variants associated with an exposure (e.g.,

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HeartRhythm

JANUARY 23, 2024

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common clinical malignant arrhythmia with an increasing global incidence. Ion channel dysfunction is an important mechanism in the development of AF. In this study, we used bibliometrics to analyse the studies of ion channels and AF, aiming to provide inspiration and reference for researchers.

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