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Author(s):
Raffaele De Caterina
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3 years ago
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia1 and increases the risk of stroke and thromboembolism, on average, fivefold.2 Strokes in AF are generally more severe and associated with greater mortality and disability than strokes from other causes.3 Prevention of stroke and thromboembolism is therefore an important part of AF management. Guidelines have, until now,…
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Shelagh B. Coutts
Job title: Professor of Neurology
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Richard Whitlock
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2 years ago
In this short late-breaking interview, Dr Richard Whitlock (McMaster University, CA) shares the key findings and lessons from the LAAOS III Surgical Atrial Fibrillation Ablation evaluation. The study showed that concomitant surgical AF ablation was not associated with a reduced risk of stroke, or systemic embolism at a mean follow-up of 3.8 years.
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Findings of LAAOS III study…
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Author(s):
Ana Pardo Sanz
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Jose Luis Zamorano
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3 years ago
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An independent literature search was performed on the topic ‘AF in cancer patients’ with the assistance of professional librarians. The search terms included anticoagulation, cancer, cardioncology, vitamin K antagonist, direct oral anticoagulants, bleeding risk and embolic risk. An electronic search was conducted using a minimum of two major databases (Cochrane Registry, MEDLINE)…
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Rod S Passman
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Author
Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Job title: Director, Center for Arrhythmia Research Jules J. Reingold Professor of Electrophysiology Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Preventive Medicine
Author(s):
Pierluigi Merella
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Giuseppe Talanas
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Giovanni Lorenzoni
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et al
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6 months ago
Georgios Tsivgoulis
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Bernhard Meier
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3 years ago
The patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a common remnant of the intrauterine phase. After birth, the pressure in the right atrium drops with the first breath. The flap–valve-like gap between the cranial muscular septum secundum and the caudal membranous septum primum closes like a door ajar in a draught. Normally, the two septa have sufficient overlap and the septum primum is quite stable, allowing…
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Author(s):
Shino Kany
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1 year ago
AHA 22 - Dr Shino Kany (Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, US) joins us to discuss the association of genetic risk and outcomes in patients receiving early rhythm control therapy for atrial fibrillation in the EAST-AFNET 4 trial.
EAST-AFNET 4 aimed to compare early rhythm control to usual care amongst patients with a recent diagnosis of atrial fibrillation, randomised in a 1:1…
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