Dynamic Risk Assessment for the Development of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Using Statistical and Machine Learning Approaches.
BACKGROUND: Cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) frequently detect brief, often subclinical atrial fibrillation (AF), but their value for predicting progression to persistent AF remains unce...
Association Between Socioeconomic Status and Atrial Fibrillation: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study.
BACKGROUND: Lower socioeconomic status (SES), reflected by greater socioeconomic deprivation, lower household income, and lower educational attainment (EA), has been associated with atrial fibrillatio...
Calcium-mediated force-interval relationship drives post-extrasystolic potentiation in premature ventricular complexes: a computational study.
Premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) are common cardiac arrhythmias that can lead to cardiomyopathy when frequent. Post-extrasystolic potentiation (PESP), which is the transient increase in contract...
Subcentimeter Ileal Neuroendocrine Tumor Resection for Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding Followed by Pacemaker-Treated Sick Sinus Syndrome: A Case Report.
BACKGROUND Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) denotes recurrent hemorrhage after nondiagnostic bidirectional endoscopy. In overt presentations with suspected small-bowel origin, capsule endoscop...
Studies on obesity-related atrial fibrillation in the past 20 years: A bibliometric analysis via CiteSpace and VOSviewer.
BACKGROUND: Obesity is a well-established independent risk factor for atrial fibrillation (AF), and its association has been extensively investigated over the past 2 decades. This bibliometric analysi...
Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy in Cardiomyopathies: A Comparative Synthesis of Guidelines and Consensus Documents.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Antiarrhythmic drug therapy in cardiomyopathies remains challenging because arrhythmic risk, drug efficacy, and pro-arrhythmic vulnerability vary substantially across phenotypes. Th...
Human iPSC-cardiomyocyte-aggregate cell therapy in non-human primates and correlation of heart recovery with contractile and electrophysiological cardiomyocyte properties.
This study demonstrates the successful production and injection of human induced pluripotent stem cell cardiomyocyte aggregates into infarcted cynomolgus monkey hearts, resulting in substantial, struc...
Combined antithrombotic therapy vs. oral anticoagulation alone for ischemic stroke with concomitant atrial fibrillation and large artery atherosclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
BACKGROUND: Treating ischemic stroke patients who have both nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) and large artery atherosclerosis (LAA) presents a clinical challenge. It remains unclear whether addi...
Association of Clonal Hematopoiesis With Silent Brain Lesions and Cognitive Decline in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.
BACKGROUND: Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) has been associated with cardiovascular disease, but its relationship with silent brain lesions and cognitive decline in patients wit...
Verapamil-sensitive fascicular ventricular tachycardia precipitated by promethazine overdose.
Verapamil-sensitive fascicular tachycardia is a type of ventricular tachycardia (VT) involving the specialised cardiac conducting tissue. Drug overdose is an important cause to consider when assessing...
Association of carbohydrate, rice, noodle and bread consumption and atrial fibrillation risk in a Japanese urban population: a prospective cohort study.
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Evidence of an association between carbohydrate intake and atrial fibrillation (AF) incidence remains limited. We investigated the association between carbohydrate and staple food ...
Metabolic Signatures of Atrial Functional Impairment in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Patients: A CMR Strain-metabolomics Study.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common clinical arrhythmia. Patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) may exhibit reversible changes in atrial function at an early stage. Identifying bio...
Integrated Cardiopulmonary Profile as an Additive Signal in Patients Evaluated for Suspected Newly Detected Atrial Fibrillation.
BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with atrial remodelling, hemodynamic stress, and complex cardiopulmonary interactions. While natriuretic peptides and echocardiographic abnormalities...
Walking the tightrope: Mixed respiratory failure exacerbated by heart rate control and concurrent pneumonia in an elderly patient with new-onset atrial fibrillation: A case report.
RATIONALE: The interplay between new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF), heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), and acute infection in the elderly presents a complex clinical challen...
Cardiopulmonary instability score and in-hospital mortality in critically ill patients with cardiovascular disease: a retrospective eICU cohort study.
OBJECTIVES: To explore the association between a four-item cardiopulmonary instability (CPI) score assessed during the first 24 hours of intensive care unit (ICU) admission and in-hospital mortality a...
Walking a tightrope: the safety and efficacy of oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation patients with prior intracranial haemorrhage: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
INTRODUCTION: The optimal anticoagulation strategy for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and prior intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) remains uncertain. Although direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) ha...
Electrocardiographic identification of drug effects: QT prolongation, arrhythmias, and clinical monitoring.
BACKGROUND: The electrocardiogram (ECG) remains the foremost non-invasive tool for detecting adverse drug effects on cardiac electrophysiology, encompassing QT interval prolongation, torsades de point...
Digital Rhythm Surveillance After Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in Cancer Survivors: A Cardio-Oncology Survivorship Pathway.
Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) after cardiac surgery is often managed as a transient inpatient arrhythmia, yet recurrent or silent atrial fibrillation (AF) after discharge may identify persi...
Prediction of Atrial Fibrillation Occurrence With Handheld Mobile Electrocardiogram: Deep Learning Model Development Using Real-World Data.
BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia associated with an increased risk of stroke and heart failure. To improve prevention, recent studies have used deep learning models to ident...
[Postoperative atrial fibrillation after open heart surgery].
New-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) affects 30-50% of all patients after open heart surgery. This condition is associated with an increased risk of heart failure, future atrial fibrilla...