"Troponin I isoform expression in human and experimental atrial fibrillation". Circulation. 110 (7): 770-5. doi:10.1161/01.CIR. ...

A missense variant of PLEC has been recently proposed as a cause of atrial fibrillation in some populations. Isolated left ... "A Missense Variant in PLEC Increases Risk of Atrial Fibrillation". Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 70 (17): 2157 ...

More worrisome symptoms include atrial fibrillation and bone density loss. TSH is the laboratory value of choice for monitoring ...

Atrial fibrillation is also a major risk factor for strokes. Atrial fibrillation causes blood clots to form within the heart, ...

Mutations in this gene may be associated with atrial fibrillation. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same ...

Atrial fibrillation detectable by ECG is an additional risk factor. Aortic thrombus can often be visualized directly by ... In humans, heart disease (especially atrial fibrillation), increased blood clotting, and atherosclerosis are the most common ... In addition, the extent of the heart disease, in particular the extent of atrial enlargement and the pumping capacity of the ... Damage to the endocardium and slowing of blood flow in the enlarged left atrium and atrial auricle are primarily responsible ...

Individuals who have undergone open heart surgery are at an increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation (or AF) in the ... This includes ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation (VF), and wide complex tachycardia, as well as atrial ... acute onset atrial fibrillation', defined by the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (NASPE) in 2003, ... The benefit of amiodarone in the treatment of atrial fibrillation in the critical care population has yet to be determined but ...

The absence of 'a' waves may be seen in atrial fibrillation. An exaggerated "y" wave or diastolic collapse of the neck veins ... The peak of the 'a' wave demarcates the end of atrial systole. The x descent follows the 'a' wave and corresponds to atrial ... The first beat represents that atrial contraction (termed a) and second beat represents venous filling of the right atrium ... The upward deflections are the "a" (atrial contraction), "c" (ventricular contraction and resulting bulging of tricuspid into ...

"Biomedical Systems Introduces Long-Term ECG Monitoring to Diagnose Atrial Fibrillation". PR Newswire. 19 March 2012. Retrieved ... and was intended for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation and other cardiac arrhythmia.[third-party source ...

These include atrial fibrillation in older women, diabetes, depression, and hypertension. Some stroke subtypes are more common ...

Aboriginal people develop atrial fibrillation, a condition that sharply increases the risk of stroke, much earlier than non- ... 15 November 2016). "Opportunistic screening to detect atrial fibrillation in Aboriginal adults in Australia". BMJ Open. 6 (11 ... for atrial fibrillation. According to Australian Journal Indigenous Issues three in four people regardless of ethnicity and ...

The Cox maze procedure, also known as maze procedure, is a type of heart surgery for atrial fibrillation. "Maze" refers to the ... cardiac surgery procedure intended to eliminate atrial fibrillation (AF). Incidence of stroke in patients with AF who are ... "Late outcomes after the Cox maze IV procedure for atrial fibrillation". The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 150 ... "Comparing mid-term outcomes of Cox-Maze procedure and pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation after concomitant mitral ...

June 2006). "Somatic mutations in the connexin 40 gene (GJA5) in atrial fibrillation". The New England Journal of Medicine. 354 ... centre Discovery of a genetic mutation that causes one of the most common forms of heart disease-atrial fibrillation ... the first major risk factor discovered since cholesterol Discovered the genetic basis for atrial fibrillation, the most common ...

... is effective for prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery. Potential applications for the anti- ... "Colchicine for primary prevention of atrial fibrillation after open-heart surgery: Systematic review and meta-analysis" (PDF). ...

Wolf, RM; Glynn, P; Hashemi, S; Zarei, K; Mitchell, CC; Anderson, ME; Mohler, PJ; Hund, TJ (May 2013). "Atrial fibrillation and ... Robaei, D; Ford, T; Ooi, SY (February 2015). "Ankyrin-B syndrome: a case of sinus node dysfunction, atrial fibrillation and ... atrial fibrillation, conduction block, arrhythmia and risk of sudden cardiac death. Intense investigation has been carried out ... "Defects in ankyrin-based membrane protein targeting pathways underlie atrial fibrillation". Circulation. 124 (11): 1212-22. doi ...

Atrial contraction is responsible for around 20% of the total filling blood volume. (In atrial fibrillation, this additional 20 ... There is an increased risk for atrial fibrillation and pulmonary hypertension. There is controversy regarding the relationship ... and atrial fibrillation. Considerations more specific to HFpEF include avoidance of preload reduction. As patients display ... "Temporal relationship and prognostic significance of atrial fibrillation in heart failure patients with preserved ejection ...

Inherited sequence variants in human KCNE5 are associated with atrial fibrillation and Brugada syndrome. Atrial fibrillation is ... In contrast, a polymorphism in KCNE5 encoding a P33S substitution was found to be less common in atrial fibrillation patients ... KCNE5 mutation L65F is associated with atrial fibrillation and upregulates KCNQ1-KCNE1 currents when co-expressed with these ... "Gain of function in IKs secondary to a mutation in KCNE5 associated with atrial fibrillation". Heart Rhythm. 5 (3): 427-35. doi ...

In October 2010 the US FDA approved dabigatran etexilate for the prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF ... "FDA approves Pradaxa to prevent stroke in people with atrial fibrillation". Food and Drug Administration. Retrieved 18 ... Atrial fibrillation, TI: Therapeutic index In 2014 dabigatran remains the only approved oral DTI and is therefore the only DTI ... as stroke prevention in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation and one or more risk factors for stroke and systemic ...

An ECG and biotelemetry may be conducted to identify atrial fibrillation; an ultrasound can investigate narrowing of the ... atrial fibrillation, and smoking). Further investigation is needed in younger patients. ...

October 2008). "Milrinone use is associated with postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery". Circulation. 118 (16 ... use following cardiac surgery has been under some debate because of the potential increase risk of postoperative atrial ...

Radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation guided by spectral mapping of atrial fibrillation nests in sinus rhythm ... re-feeding the atrial fibrillation. One of the currently existing techniques to treat atrial fibrillation (AF) is based on ... An AF-Nest or Atrial Fibrillation Nest (AFN) is a locus or cluster in the atrial wall with distinct electrical features and ... "Lone Atrial Fibrillation". This intense micro-electrical activity stimulates the surrounding atrial myocardium that accepts the ...

An irregular pulse may be due to sinus arrhythmia, ectopic beats, atrial fibrillation, paroxysmal atrial tachycardia, atrial ... It may be present in case of premature beats or atrial fibrillation. Pulse velocity, pulse deficits and much more physiologic ... An example of irregular intermittent (irregularly irregular) pulse is atrial fibrillation. The degree of expansion displayed by ...

In May 2018, Garmin partnered with the University of Kansas Medical Center to tackle sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation. The ... "Garmin new partnership aims to tackle sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation". Gadgets & Wearables. May 2, 2018. Retrieved May 15 ...

Pai RG, Varadarajan P, Tanimoto M (2003). "Effect of atrial fibrillation on the dynamics of mitral annular area". The Journal ... Left atrial contraction (left atrial systole) (during left ventricular diastole) causes added blood to flow across the mitral ... It is smaller at the end of atrial systole due to the contraction of the left atrium around it, like a sphincter. This ... to the volume in the left ventricle prior to ventricular systole and is known as the atrial kick. The mitral annulus changes in ...

The company uses 3D analysis and mapping to detect the sources of atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, and atrial tachycardia ... The data from the workstation is used to help diagnose the source of atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, and atrial ... "Treatment of atrial fibrillation by the ablation of localized sources: CONFIRM (Conventional Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation ... "Stable Atrial Fibrillation Rotors and Focal Sources Lie in Diverse Bi-Atrial Locations Often Remote from the Pulmonary Veins". ...

November 2012). "2012 focused update of the ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation: an update of the 2010 ESC ... Thus, common clinical indications for warfarin use are atrial fibrillation, the presence of artificial heart valves, deep ... 30 October 2018). "Stroke Prevention in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review Update". AHRQ Comparative ... and to protect against stroke in people who have atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease, or artificial heart valves. Less ...

Aboriginal people develop atrial fibrillation, a condition that sharply increases the risk of stroke, much earlier than non- ... 15 November 2016). "Opportunistic screening to detect atrial fibrillation in Aboriginal adults in Australia". BMJ Open. 6 (11 ... for atrial fibrillation. According to Australian Journal Indigenous Issues three in four people regardless of ethnicity and ...

Digoxin is a medication used for heart failure or atrial fibrillation. An electrocardiogram is a routine part of diagnosis. ... ventricular fibrillation, sinoatrial block and AV block. In individuals with suspected digoxin toxicity, a serum digoxin ...

With support from collagen, atrial fibrillation never deteriorates to ventricular fibrillation. Collagen is layered in variable ...

In 1876 he described the irregular pulse associated with atrial fibrillation. At the time he referred to this finding as " ... Ernst Remak Ottmar Rosenbach CFAE Signals Database Atrial fibrillation from: V.Křemen, Automated assessment of endocardial ...