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11 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Liverpool and Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Cardiology, University Medical Centre Groningen Thoraxcentre, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Publications dans "Fibrillation auriculaire" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Cardiology, University Medical Centre Groningen Thoraxcentre, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Publications dans "Fibrillation auriculaire" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
University Hospital Basel, Switzerland (M.K., S.B., S.A., D.C.).
Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland (M.K., S.B., S.A., D.C.).
Publications dans "Fibrillation auriculaire" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
University Hospital Basel, Switzerland (M.K., S.B., S.A., D.C.).
Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland (M.K., S.B., S.A., D.C.).
Publications dans "Fibrillation auriculaire" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
University Hospital Basel, Switzerland (M.K., S.B., S.A., D.C.).
Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland (M.K., S.B., S.A., D.C.).
Publications dans "Fibrillation auriculaire" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (J.C., H.C.).
Publications dans "Fibrillation auriculaire" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois Health, Chicago (D.D.).
Publications dans "Fibrillation auriculaire" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
University Hospital Basel, Switzerland (M.K., S.B., S.A., D.C.).
Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland (M.K., S.B., S.A., D.C.).
Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada (S.T., D.C.).
Publications dans "Fibrillation auriculaire" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Institute of Clinical Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Publications dans "Fibrillation auriculaire" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Publications dans "Fibrillation auriculaire" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
1st Department of Cardiology, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece.
Publications dans "Fibrillation auriculaire" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
1st Department of Cardiology, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece.
Publications dans "Fibrillation auriculaire" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-Based Precision Medicine for Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, China.
Publications dans "Fibrillation auriculaire" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science at University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University and Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
Publications dans "Fibrillation auriculaire" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science at University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University and Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Stroke Division, Department of Medicine for Older People, Whiston Hospital, St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.
Publications dans "Fibrillation auriculaire" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences Hiroshima Japan.
Publications dans "Fibrillation auriculaire" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
Publications dans "Fibrillation auriculaire" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Cardiology, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany.
Clinic for Electrophysiology, Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
Publications dans "Fibrillation auriculaire" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Population Health Research Institute.
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
Publications dans "Fibrillation auriculaire" :
Evidence for diagnosis and treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) has expanded substantially since 2017, when In the Clinic last considered this subject. Direct oral anticoagulants have become the pred...
Few studies have examined the relationship between poor atrial fibrillation-related quality of life (AFQoL) and a battery of geriatric factors. The objective of this study is to describe factors assoc...
Cross-sectional analysis of a prospective cohort study of participants aged 65+ with high stroke risk and AF. AFQoL was measured using the validated Atrial Fibrillation Effect on Quality of Life (scor...
Of 1244 participants (mean age 75.5), 42% reported poor AFQoL. Falls in the past 6 months, pre/frail and frailty, depression, anxiety, social isolation, vision impairment, oral anticoagulant therapy, ...
More than 4 out of 10 older adults with AF reported poor AFQoL. Geriatric factors associated with higher odds of reporting poor AFQoL include recent falls, frailty, depression, anxiety, social isolati...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and imposes a significant healthcare burden. The landscape of AF has changed considerably over the past few years, with the advent of nov...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia. The estimated lifetime risk of developing AF is higher in men; however, due to differences in life expectancy, the overall pre...
Women are more likely to present with atypical symptoms, have a higher stroke risk, and have a worse quality of life with AF when compared to men. Despite this, they are less likely to receive rhythm ...
Percutaneous neuromodulation is emerging as a promising therapeutic approach for atrial fibrillation (AF). This article explores techniques such as ganglionated plexi (GP) ablation, and vagus nerve st...
Long-chain acyl-carnitines (ACs) are potential arrhythmogenic metabolites. Their role in atrial fibrillation (AF) remains incompletely understood. Using a systems medicine approach, we assessed the co...
Human iPSC-derived engineered heart tissue was exposed to C18:1AC. A biphasic effect on contractile force was observed: short exposure enhanced contractile force, but elicited spontaneous contractions...
Our data provide evidence for an arrhythmogenic potential of the metabolite C18:1AC. The metabolite interferes with mitochondrial metabolism, thereby contributing to contractile dysfunction and shows ...
A 34-year-old woman presented with palpitations and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF). Workup revealed anterior mitral valve prolapse with severe mitral regurgitation. She was referred for surgical ...
A straightforward decision aid to guide disposition of atrial fibrillation (AF) patients in the emergency department (ED) was developed for use by ED providers. The implementation of this decision aid...
A pragmatic stepped-wedge cluster approach for analysis of retrospectively collected electronic health record data was used in which 5 hospitals were selected to commence the intervention at periodic ...
Between October 2017 and May 2020, a total of 11 458 patients (mean age, 71.4; 50.5% female) presented to 1 of the 10 hospitals with a primary diagnosis of AF. Absolute admission rate was reduced from...
We demonstrate that implementation of a novel decision aid to guide disposition of patients primary diagnosis of AF presenting to the ED was associated with a reduced admission rate independent of pat...
Gender-related differences have been reported in patients who underwent pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). Atrial substrate plays a role in the outcomes after ablation but gender-related differences in a...
Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and likelihood of bleeding can undergo left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) as an alternative method of stroke prophylaxis. Short-term anti-thrombotic drugs ar...
To investigate optimal postimplant antithrombotic strategy in high bleeding-risk patients....
Patients with AF and high-risk for both stroke and bleeding undergoing LAAO were advised their perioperative drug therapy by a multidisciplinary physician panel. Those deemed to be at higher risk of b...
Seventy-five patients underwent LAAO of whom 63 patients (84%) had a prior serious bleeding event. The 42 patients on minimal treatment were older (74.3 ± 7.7 vs. 71.2 ± 7.2) with higher HASBLED score...
Short-term anti-thrombotic drugs may not be needed after LAAO implant in patients with high bleeding risk and could be harmful. Larger, prospective studies would be warranted to test these findings....