2024 European Heart Rhythm Association/Heart Rhythm Society/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society expert consensus statement�…

S Tzeis, EP Gerstenfeld, J Kalman, EB Saad…�- Europace, 2024 - academic.oup.com
In the last three decades, ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) has become an evidence-based
safe and efficacious treatment for managing the most common cardiac arrhythmia. In 2007�…

The physics of heart rhythm disorders

WJ Rappel�- Physics reports, 2022 - Elsevier
The global burden caused by cardiovascular disease is substantial, with heart disease
representing the most common cause of death around the world. There remains a need to�…

[HTML][HTML] Asymmetry and heterogeneity: Part and parcel in cardiac autonomic innervation and function

TE Zandstra, RGE Notenboom, J Wink, P Ki�s…�- Frontiers in�…, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The cardiac autonomic nervous system (cANS) regulates cardiac adaptation to different
demands. The heart is an asymmetrical organ, and in the selection of adequate treatment of�…

[HTML][HTML] 2019 APHRS expert consensus statement on three‐dimensional mapping systems for tachycardia developed in collaboration with HRS, EHRA, and LAHRS

YH Kim, SA Chen, S Ernst, CE Guzman, S Han…�- Journal of�…, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abbreviations: 3D, three-dimensional; AF, atrial fibrillation; AP, accessory pathway; ARVC,
arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; AT, atrial tachycardia; AVB, atrioventricular�…

[HTML][HTML] Adenosine and the cardiovascular system: the good and the bad

R Guieu, JC Deharo, B Maille, L Crotti…�- Journal of clinical�…, 2020 - mdpi.com
Adenosine is a nucleoside that impacts the cardiovascular system via the activation of its
membrane receptors, named A1R, A2AR, A2BR and A3R. Adenosine is released during�…

Abnormal conduction zone detected by isochronal late activation mapping accurately identifies the potential atrial substrate and predicts the atrial fibrillation ablation�…

MJ Kuo, ANK Ton, LW Lo, YJ Lin…�- Circulation�…, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: The presence of abnormal substrate of left atrium is a predictor of atrial
fibrillation (AF) recurrence after pulmonary vein isolation. We aimed to investigate the�…

[HTML][HTML] This is your brain, and this is your brain on atrial fibrillation: the roles of cardiac malperfusion events and vascular dysfunction in cognitive impairment

B Zenger, S Rizzi, BA Steinberg, R Ranjan…�- Arrhythmia &�…, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AF is an independent and strong predictor of long-term cognitive decline. However, the
mechanism for this cognitive decline is difficult to define and likely multifactorial, leading to�…

The clinical application of the deep learning technique for predicting trigger origins in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation with catheter ablation

CM Liu, SL Chang, HH Chen, WS Chen…�- Circulation�…, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Non–pulmonary vein (NPV) trigger has been reported as an important
predictor of recurrence post–atrial fibrillation ablation. Elimination of NPV triggers can�…

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy and safety of catheter ablation vs antiarrhythmic drugs as initial therapy for management of symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis

AA Razzack, HM Lak, S Pothuru, S Rahman…�- Reviews in�…, 2022 - imrpress.com
Background: Catheter ablation is an effective treatment for atrial fibrillation (AF), primarily
performed in patients who fail antiarrhythmic drugs. Whether early catheter ablation, as first�…

Atrial fibrillation and stress: a 2-way street?

L Segan, S Prabhu, JM Kalman, PM Kistler�- Clinical Electrophysiology, 2022 - jacc.org
The accumulating literature linking stress with negative health outcomes, including
cardiovascular disease (CVD), is extensively reported yet poorly defined. Stress is�…