A Shocking Complication of a Pneumothorax: Chest Tube-Induced Arrhythmias and Review of the Literature by Shaun Cardozo, Kevin Belgrave

“…We describe a patient with a recent chest tube insertion leading to atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate that led to multiple inappropriate internal cardiac defibrillator (ICD) shocks. …”
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Modeling the Effects of Formulary Exclusions: How Many Patients Could Be Affected by a Specific Exclusion? by Anne M. Sydor, Emily Bergin, Jonathan Kay, Erik Stone, Robert Popovian

“…**Methods:** We modeled the effect of excluding novel agents for atrial fibrillation/venous thromboembolism, migraine prevention, and psoriasis, which all would require substitution with a different active ingredient. …”
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The electrocardiogram in hypertensive patients. P wave dispersion: a new measure to be considered by Elibet Chávez González, Emilio González Rodríguez, Jesús Castro Hevia, María Del Carmen Llanes Camacho, Yosvany García Nóbrega, Raimundo Carmona Puerta, Ramiro Ramos Ramírez

“…In patients suffering from hypertension, premature atrial complexes are frequently found and there is an increasing risk of atrial fibrillation, mainly in patients over 65 years old. …”
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Risk factors and characteristics of preoperative heart failure in elderly patients with hip fracture and the influence of anemia on prognosis by Aoying Min, Wei Zhao, Wei Li, Weining Li, Zhiyong Hou, Zhiqian Wang

“…Conclusion Older patients combined with admission anemia, coronary artery disease, chronic atrial fibrillation are more likely to have preoperative AHF after hip fracture. …”
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A Rare Case of Spontaneous Cardiac Tamponade Induced by Concomitant Use of Rivaroxaban and Amiodarone by Oreoluwa Oladiran, Jared Segal, Ifeanyi Nwosu, Salik Nazir

“…Rivaroxaban is a direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) approved as an important alternative to warfarin in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. We report the case of an 87-year-old man with past medical history of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation on rivaroxaban and recently started amiodarone for pulseless ventricular tachycardia who presented to our hospital with intermittent chest pain and was diagnosed with spontaneous hemopericardium causing cardiac tamponade. …”
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Treatment of the refractory angina in the very elderly patients and centenarians by O.A. Yepanchintseva, O.P. Nadorak, Yu.A. Borkhalenko, S.I. Mashkovska, O.J. Zharinov

“…In addition, despite antiarrhythmic therapy, frequent episodes of atrial fibrillation were observed. Usage of ranolazine in addition to the background treatment provided improvement of various components of the quality of life, apparently by reducing angina and prevention of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.…”
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A Combination of Tachycardia-Mediated Heart Failure and Coronary Artery Vasospasm-Induced Silent Myocardial Infarction in a Patient with Severe Thyrotoxicosis by Serena Sert Kim Khoo, Chong Mow Chu, Yin Khet Fung

“…It may be mild features such as palpitations, tachycardia, and exertional dyspnea or may progress to life-threatening consequences such as atrial fibrillation, tachyarrhythmias, heart failure, myocardial infarction, and shock. …”
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Asymptomatic Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Hemodynamic Adaptation and Successful Ablation by John J. Lee, Denis Weinberg, Rishi Anand

“…Pulmonary vein stenosis is a well-established possible complication following an atrial fibrillation ablation of pulmonary veins. Symptoms of pulmonary vein stenosis range from asymptomatic to severe exertional dyspnea. …”
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Diffuse Gallium-67 Accumulation in the Left Atrial Wall Detected Using SPECT/CT Fusion Images by Kohei Kotani, Joji Kawabe, Shigeaki Higashiyama, Atsushi Yoshida, Susumu Shiomi

“…Gallium-67 SPECT/CT images helped understanding the disease condition that temporary inflammation in the left atrium caused atrial fibrillation.…”
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Unraveling the causal impact of smoking and its DNA methylation signatures on cardiovascular disease: Mendelian randomization and colocalization analysis by Si Cao, Youjie Zeng, Ke Pang, Minghua Chen, Ren Guo, Nayiyuan Wu, Chao Fang, Huiyin Deng, Xiaoyi Zhang, Xiaohui Xie, Wen Ouyang, Heng Yang

“…DNA methylation alteration at cg25313468 (located in the TSS1500 region of REST) is simultaneously associated with the risk of atrial fibrillation, coronary atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, and myocardial infarction. …”
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Stroke Prevention: Managing Modifiable Risk Factors by Silvia Di Legge, Giacomo Koch, Marina Diomedi, Paolo Stanzione, Fabrizio Sallustio

“…Effective secondary-prevention strategies for selected patients include carotid revascularization for high-grade carotid stenosis and vitamin K antagonist treatment for atrial fibrillation. The results of recent clinical trials investigating new anticoagulants (factor Xa inhibitors and direct thrombin inhibitors) clearly indicate alternative strategies in stroke prevention for patients with atrial fibrillation. …”
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Mechanical thrombextraction in patient with acute ischemic stroke on background of oral anticoagulant therapy by V.О. Yarosh, V.V. Babenko, O.E. Svyrydiuk, O.J. Zharinov, O.A. Yepanchintseva, B.M. Todurov

“…The article presents a clinical case of the 75-year old female patient with acute cardioembolic stroke on background of heart failure and atrial fibrillation. Long-term background usage of the direct oral anticoagulant due to atrial fibrillation is a limitation to use thrombolytic therapy, therefore mechanical thrombextraction was performed. …”
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Sanguineous Pericardial Effusion and Cardiac Tamponade in the Setting of Graves’ Disease: Report of a Case and Review of Previously Reported Cases by Peter V. Bui, Sonia N. Zaveri, J. Rush Pierce Jr.

“…Two months later, he was hospitalized for uncontrolled atrial fibrillation. Electrocardiography showed diffuse low voltage and atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate. …”
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New Oral Anaticoagulant Prescribing Decisions amongst General Practitioners: Handle with Care by Ann Kirby, Aileen Murphy, Colin Bradley

“…**Background:** Prescribing oral anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation patients is becoming more challenging as more alternatives enter the market. …”
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Co-infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and human coronavirus HKU1 (HCoV-HKU1) by Laszlo Madaras, Radean Anvari, Claudia Schuchardt-Peet, Abhinav Hoskote, Rahul Kashyap

“…Providers should be cautious with the use of remdesivir in cases of co-infection and in severely ill COVID-19 patients who have a history of atrial fibrillation.…”
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Predictors of late complications after coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with stable coronary heart disease by O.J. Zharinov, К.O. Mikhaliev, O.A. Yepanchintseva, B.M. Todurov

“…In general, 29 late complications (3 cases of heart failure, 3 – first diagnosed atrial fibrillation (AF), 4 – acute coronary syndrome, 11 – left ventricular ejection fraction (LV EF) relative decrease more than 10 %, 2 – formation of atrial fibrillation permanent form, 2 – acute myocardial infarction and 4 deaths) were diagnosed in 24 patients. …”
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A scoping review of randomized trials assessing the impact of n-of-1 trials on clinical outcomes. by Joyce P Samuel, Susan H Wootton, Travis Holder, Donald Molony

“…Secondary outcomes showed modest benefits, including decreasing medication use, fewer atrial fibrillation episodes, and improved patient satisfaction.…”
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Female Sex as a Thromboembolic Risk Factor in the Era of Nonvitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants by Mariacarla Gallù, Giulia Marrone, Jacopo Maria Legramante, Antonino De Lorenzo, Nicola Di Daniele, Annalisa Noce

“…Most of strokes are due to atrial fibrillation (AF). Women affected by AF have higher stroke risk compared to men. …”
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Extracranial carotid plaque calcification and its association with risk factors for cerebrovascular events: insights from the ANTIQUE study by David Pakizer, Dana Šalounová, David Školoudík

“…No significant relationship was found between cerebrovascular events and the type of calcification.ConclusionAlthough the presence and type of extracranial carotid calcification were not related to ipsilateral ischemic events, large calcifications were strongly associated with coronary heart disease and atrial fibrillation.Clinical trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, identifier NCT02360137.…”
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Predictors of clinical outcome in post-thrombolysis among sample of Egyptian patients with acute ischemic stroke by AbdelRahman Mohamed Hussein, Iman Mohamed Bayoumy, Khaled Ossama Abdulghani, Mona Ali Eissa, Ehab Mostafa Ahmed, Ali Ahmed Abou Elmaaty

“…Poor functional outcome was associated with atrial fibrillation [p value < 0.001, odds ratio (OR) 6.28], hypertension (p value = 0.001, OR 3.65), diabetes mellitus (p value 0.009, OR 2.805), and a higher NIHSS at admission (p value = 0.003, OR 8.03). …”
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