Deceptive Adherence to Anticoagulation in Secondary Stroke Prevention by Riina Vibo, Juhan-Mats Kuningas, Prinno Tsakuhhin, Janika Kõrv

“…Oral anticoagulants (OAC) effectively reduce the risk for ischemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). We aimed to assess OAC treatment adherence in secondary stroke prevention and to find predictors of adherence using individualized patient data. …”
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Mitral Stenosis Berat pada Penyakit Jantung Rematik by Cokorda Istri Padmi Suwari, Widyawati Desak Gede

“…Patients with acute rheumatic fever clinical features should be evaluated further and given long-term therapy to prevent more severe heart problems. Keywords:  atrial fibrillation, mitral stenosis, rheumatic  heart  disease…”
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Obese hypoventilation syndrome. Presentation of a case by Luis Virgilio Díaz Martìnez, Yenisel Chang Cuesta, Inti Santana Carballosa

“…The case of a 53-years-old patient, white skin color, male, from urban origin, with a personal pathological history of high blood pressure, gouty arthritis, morbid obesity, unstable angina pectoris, previous episodes of atrial fibrillation and Pickwick syndrome without treatment for it, it is presented. …”
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Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure with the LAmbre Device by Guangji Wang, Bin Kong, Yu Liu, He Huang

“…Left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) using the LAmbre device has been associated with prevention of stroke in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF). Here, we interrogated the long-term safety and efficacy of using the LAmbre device in percutaneous LAAC. …”
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Anticoagulant Related Nephropathy Induced by Dabigatran by Nazia Sharfuddin, Mahra Nourbakhsh, Alan Box, Hallgrimur Benediktsson, Daniel A. Muruve

“…The patient is an 81-year-old woman with multiple medical comorbidities, including nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, who was anticoagulated with dabigatran. …”
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Autoinfarction of Giant Parathyroid Adenoma after Preoperative Withdrawal of Anticoagulants by Raoul Verzijl, Pim J. Bongers, Geetha Mukerji, Ozgur Mete, Karen M. Devon, Jesse D. Pasternak

“…A 71-year-old man with known history of atrial fibrillation (treated with routine rivaroxaban therapy) was found to have incidental biochemical elevated calcium and parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels. …”
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Aortic Valve Papillary Fibroelastoma Associated with Acute Cerebral Infarction: A Case Report by Nobuhiro Takeuchi, Masanori Takada, Koichi Fujita, Yoshiharu Nishibori, Takao Maruyama, Kazuyoshi Naba

“…An 80-year-old woman with a history of congestive heart failure, atrial fibrillation, and hypertension was transferred to our institution with hematemesis. …”
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Propionibacterium acnes: A Treatable Cause of Constrictive Pericarditis by Daniel Cruz, Haitham Ahmed, Yousuf Gandapur, M. Roselle Abraham

“…Two months later, he presented with atrial fibrillation and heart failure. He was found to have pericardial and bilateral pleural effusions which grew P. acnes. …”
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The Impact of Obesity on the Cardiovascular System by Imre Csige, Dóra Ujvárosy, Zoltán Szabó, István Lőrincz, György Paragh, Mariann Harangi, Sándor Somodi

“…The altered myocardial structure increases the risk of atrial fibrillation and sudden cardiac death. However, obesity also has a protective effect on the clinical outcome of underlying cardiovascular disease, the phenomenon called obesity paradox. …”
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Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia in a Patient with Essential Thrombocythemia: A Case Based Update by Edva Noel, Naeem Abbas, Yevegeniy Skaradinskiy, Zwi Schreiber

“…Patient developed atrial fibrillation, and Dabigatran was started. On day three, patient also developed multiple tiny cerebral infarctions and acute right popliteal DVT. …”
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Diagnostic Agreement between Prehospital Emergency and In-Hospital Physicians by Nikolai Ramadanov, Roman Klein, Fabian Laue, Wilhelm Behringer

“…There was a high proportion of diagnostic agreement for hypoglycemia (97%), atrial fibrillation (87%), cramping seizure (86%), hypertensive crisis (85.5%), and syncope (81%). …”
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The Use of 99mTc-Methoxy-isobutyl-isonitrile (sestaMIBI) Uptake on Scintigraphy (99m-STS) in Amiodarone-Induced Thyrotoxicosis: Case Series and Review of the Literature by Ghada Elshimy, Mahmoud Alsayed, Jerome Targovnik, Gamal Sidarous, Kresimira M. Milas

“…Amiodarone is a class III antiarrhythmic drug, used by cardiologists to treat arrhythmia including atrial fibrillation (A fib) and ventricular fibrillation. …”
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Frequent Home Monitoring of ICD Is Effective to Prevent Inappropriate Defibrillator Shock Delivery by Paolo Bifulco, Luigi Argenziano, Maria Romano, Mario Cesarelli, Mario Sansone, Stefano Casella, Stefano Nardi

“…Inappropriate shock generally depends on atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia, and abnormal sensing (such as those caused by electromagnetic interferences). …”
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Markers of inflammation before and after coronary artery bypass grafting and the effectiveness of statins by O.J. Zharinov, O.A. Yepanchintseva, I.V. Shklianka, A.I. Kurchenko, B.M. Todurov

“…Statin medications reveal highly anti-inflammatory activity and reduce the risk of coronary events and atrial fibrillation after CABG surgery. The use of statins before and after revascularization surgery reduces the risk of acute coronary syndrome and the level of perioperative mortality by 30–42 %, and is effective for the prevention of complications within one year after CABG surgery.…”
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Warfarin Dosing in a Patient with CYP2C9*3*3 and VKORC1-1639 AA Genotypes by Mark Johnson, Craig Richard, Renee Bogdan, Robert Kidd

“…A 74-year-old white female with atrial fibrillation was initiated on a warfarin dose of 2 mg PO daily, which resulted in multiple elevated INR measurements and three clinically significant hemorrhagic events and four vitamin K antidote treatments over a period of less than two weeks. …”
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Explainable AI associates ECG aging effects with increased cardiovascular risk in a longitudinal population study by Philip Hempel, Antônio H. Ribeiro, Marcus Vollmer, Theresa Bender, Marcus Dörr, Dagmar Krefting, Nicolai Spicher

“…Moreover, aging effects were associated with higher odds ratios for atrial fibrillation, heart failure, and mortality. Using explainable AI methods revealed that the model aligns with clinical knowledge by focusing on ECG features known to reflect aging. …”
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Cerebrovascular Accident Secondary to Paradoxical Embolism Following Arteriovenous Graft Thrombectomy by Jolina Pamela Santos, Zaher Hamadeh, Naheed Ansari

“…We report a case of a 74-year-old black man with past medical history significant for end-stage renal disease (ESRD), atrial fibrillation on anticoagulation with warfarin, who presented to our hospital with lethargy, aphasia, and right-sided hemiparesis following thrombectomy of a clotted AVG. …”
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Hypertension Detection Using Passive-Aggressive Algorithm With The PA-I And PA-II Methods by M. Hafidz Ariansyah, Sri Winarno

“…Hypertension is a primary factor in diseases such as stroke, heart failure, myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, peripheral arterial disease, and aortic dissection. …”
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Application of transesophageal echocardiography, left atrial appendage angiography, cardiac computed tomography angiography, and three-dimensional reconstruction model in left atri... by Huang Hao Lei, Li Hua Kang, Song Zhi Yuan, Wan Chen, Yao Qing

“…Methods: A total of 53 patients with persistent atrial fibrillation hospitalized from January 2015 to February 2019 were selected. …”
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Novel Predictor of the AF Development in Patients with OSAS: Importance of Visceral Adipose Index by Ugur OZKAN, Muhammet GURDOGAN

“…Objective: Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a sleep disorder whose frequency is increasing daily due to modern lifestyle. Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), which has the same predisposing factors, frequently visit the outpatient clinic with complaints of palpitation. …”
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