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From:Annals of Saudi Medicine (Vol. 31, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedByline: Sultan. Qanash, Abdulhalim. Kinsara To the Editor: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common problem in the Emergency Department. Rheumatic valvular disease used to be the most common cause of AF in Saudi Arabia;...
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From:Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology (Vol. 5, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Michael H Kim 1 Keywords : anti-arrhythmics; atrial fibrillation; comparative effectiveness; outcomes Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia encountered in clinical...
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From:Reactions Weekly (Issue 1288)[S] A 74-year-old man developed a haemocholecyst during warfarin therapy for chronic atrial fibrillation. The man, who had been on continuous oral warfarin, 1 3/4 capsules (50mg) 5 days a week followed by 1 1/2...
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From:Reactions Weekly (Issue 1332)[S] A 58-year-old man developed pulmonary injury during antiarrhythmic amiodarone treatment. The man was diagnosed with chronic atrial fibrillation and aortic and mitral valve regurgitation in October 2007, and...
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From:Clinical Advisor (Vol. 12, Issue 10)Level 1: Likely reliable evidence The Randomized Evaluation of Long-Term Anticoagulation Therapy (RE-LY) trial compared the efficacy and safety of dabigatran (Pradax in Canada and Pradaxa in Europe), a new oral...
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From:Interventional Cardiology (Vol. 1, Issue 1)Author(s): Pieter De Meester 1 , Vincent Thijs 1 , Rik Willems 1 , Werner Budts [[dagger]] 1 KEYWORDS: atrial fibrillation; closure; left atrial appendage; stroke; thromboembolism Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a...
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From:Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology (Vol. 3, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Job Harenberg 1 Keywords : atrial fibrillation; idrabiotaparinux; idraparinux; thrombosis Inhibition of activated coagulation Factor X (FXa) is an attractive target for antithrombotic treatment...
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From:Future Cardiology (Vol. 7, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedNew technique reduces the energy required for defibrillation by more than 80% compared with the conventional method An international team of researchers have developed a new low-energy method for cardiac...
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From:Chest (Vol. 128, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe recommendations put forth in these guidelines for the management and prevention of atrial fibrillation (AF) after cardiac surgery are based on information available at the time of the final literature review. As a...
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From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 114, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND: Extremes of temperature are associated with short-term increases in daily mortality. OBJECTIVES: We set out to identify subpopulations and mortality causes with increased susceptibility to temperature...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 36, Issue 7)BOSTON -- Catheter ablation plus amiodarone therapy was substantially better than amiodarone treatment alone for preventing recurrent atrial fibrillation during 1 year of follow-up in a randomized, controlled study with...
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From:Intensive Care Medicine (Vol. 32, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed
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From:British Journal of Sports Medicine (Vol. 38, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedBr J Sports Med 2004;38:230-232. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2003.006197 A male freestyle skier was found to have atrial fibrillation during a routine physiological assessment. This was found to be associated with the...
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From:Chest (Vol. 126, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedStudy objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate whether risk factors for embolism would promote thrombus formation in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). Methods: Hemostatic markers for...
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From:Heart (Vol. 85, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedThe surgical left atrial (LA) isolation procedure was an effective therapy for atrial fibrillation (AF) that has been superceded by the Maze procedure. We investigated the feasibility of performing IA isolation using...
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From:Heart (Vol. 89, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed* Previous calculations for stroke risk in atrial fibrillation (AF) have been developed from the trials of aspirin and warfarin treatment. Given that warfarin works, giving patients the absolute risk of stroke may help...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 33, Issue 24)ORLANDO, FLA. -- Ximelagatran, an effective alternative to warfarin that's far easier to use, took a giant step closer to the marketplace with the presentation of a favorable confirmatory major clinical trial at the...
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From:Chest (Vol. 117, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed
Amiodarone as a First-Choice Drug for Restoring Sinus Rhythm in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation(*)
A Randomized, Controlled Study Study objectives: To investigate the efficacy and safety of amiodarone administered as the drug of first choice in the conversion of atrial fibrillation, regardless of its duration.... -
From:Chest (Vol. 116, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedPurpose: VVI pacing, being a regular rhythm and dominant feature of the EKG, may distract the physician from examining the underlying atrial rhythm. As a result underlying atrial fibrillation may not be diagnosed, and...
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From:Chest (Vol. 96, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedWe describe a patient with recurrent atrial fibrillation who suffered a previously unreported adverse reaction to encainide therapy manifested by fever, chills, diaphoresis and myalgia. The patient had a similar...