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Thromboembolic Complications From Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter in Pediatrics and Young Adults: A Multicenter Study

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

ABSTRACT Background Atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter are relatively rare in young people and the incidence of thromboembolic complications is unknown. These issues contribute to the limited utility of present guidelines regarding anticoagulation in this population.

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Care for Atrial Fibrillation and Outcomes in Rural Versus Urban Communities in the United States: A Systematic and Narrative Review

Journal of the American Heart Association

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia and associated with increased morbidity and mortality. PubMed was queried for entries on AF and rurality: (atrial fibrillation OR atrial flutter) AND (rural OR urban OR rurality OR metro OR metropolitan) AND (united states OR US OR U.S.)

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ATTR-ACT Post Hoc Analysis: AFib/AFL Not Predictive of Mortality in Patients With ATTR-CM

American College of Cardiology

Although atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter (AFib/AFL) are common manifestations of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), a post hoc analysis of the ATTR-ACT study, published April 30 in JACC: CardioOncology, found they do not predict all-cause mortality.

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Atrial fibrillation? Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia? Don't look at computer read until AFTER you interpret!

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Here is the computer interpretation: ATRIAL FIBRILLATION WITH RAPID VENTRICULAR RESPONSE WITH ABERRANT CONDUCTION OR VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES LEFT AXIS DEVIATION [QRS AXIS beyone -30] NONSPECIFIC ST and T-WAVE ABNORMALITY The over-reading physician confirmed this diagnosis, which is incorrect. It is not atrial fibrillation.

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Medical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation and flutter with class IC antiarrhythmic drugs in young patients with and without congenital heart disease

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Abstract Introduction The use of flecainide and propafenone for medical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter/intra-atrial reentrant tachycardia (IART) is well-described in adults without congenital heart disease (CHD).

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A novel ablation strategy for recurrent atrial fibrillation: Fractionated signal area in the atrial muscle ablation 1?year follow?up

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

FAAM ablation successfully decreased the recurrence rate of atrial tachyarrhythmia compared with conventional non-PV foci ablation. Abstract Introduction Treatment of recurrent atrial fibrillation (AF) is sometimes challenging due to non-pulmonary vein (PV) foci. The RHYTHMIA system was used to perform all the procedures.

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Very high?power short?duration catheter ablation for treatment of cardiac arrhythmias: Insights from the FAST and FURIOUS study series

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Although the QDOT MICRO™ Catheter was mainly designed for pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) its versatility to treat atrial fibrillation (AF) and other types of arrhythmias was recently evaluated by the FAST and FURIOUS study series and other studies and will be presented in this article.