Risk factors for thromboembolic and bleeding events in anticoagulated patients with atrial fibrillation: the prospective, multicentre observational PREvention oF thromboembolic events - European Registry in Atrial Fibrillation (PREFER in AF) by Raffaele De Caterina, Kurt Huber, Richard Schilling, Miklos Rohla, Thomas W Weiss, Ladislav Pecen, Giuseppe Patti, Jolanta M Siller-Matula, Renate B Schnabel, Dipak Kotecha, Markus Lucerna, Paulus Kirchhof

“…Objectives We identified factors associated with thromboembolic and bleeding events in two contemporary cohorts of anticoagulated patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), treated with either vitamin K antagonists (VKA) or non-VKA oral anticoagulants (NOACs).Design Prospective, multicentre observational study.Setting 461 centres in seven European countries.Participants 5310 patients receiving a VKA (PREvention oF thromboembolic events - European Registry in Atrial Fibrillation (PREFER in AF), derivation cohort) and 3156 patients receiving a NOAC (PREFER in AF Prolongation, validation cohort) for stroke prevention in AF.Outcome measures Risk factors for thromboembolic events (ischaemic stroke, systemic embolism) and major bleeding (gastrointestinal bleeding, intracerebral haemorrhage and other life-threatening bleeding).Results The mean age of patients enrolled in the PREFER in AF registry was 72±10 years, 40% were female and the mean CHA2DS2-VASc Score was 3.5±1.7. …”
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Adherence to integrated care using the ‘Atrial fibrillation Better Care' pathway in asymptomatic patients with atrial fibrillation improves clinical outcomes: A report from the prospective COOL-AF registry by Yodying Kaolawanich, Arjbordin Winijkul, Ahthit Yindeengam, Poom Sairat, Gregory Y.H. Lip, Rungroj Krittayaphong

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Attributable Costs of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation among Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery by Pattamawan Kosuma, Sitichok Wachirasrisirikul, Arom Jedsadayanmata

“…Background. Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is the most common complication among patients undergoing cardiac surgery. …”
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Atrial fibrillation in acute coronary syndrome: clinical and anamnestic features and effects on the course by V.І. Tseluyko, F.B. Salem, N.A. Lopina, I.V. Kuznetsov

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A knowledge embedded multimodal pseudo-siamese model for atrial fibrillation detection by Chenglin Lin, Huimin Lu, Pengcheng Sang, Chenyu Pan

“…Abstract Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common arrhythmia disease with a higher incidence rate. …”
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Effects of key parameters on pulsed field ablation of atrial fibrillation: potato experiments by Yunhao Li, Yunhao Li, Fengqi Xuan, Daoyang Zhang, Daoyang Zhang, Mingyu Sun, Mingyu Sun, Ping Zhang, Qi Zhang, Jie Zhang, Yaling Han, Yaling Han, Zulu Wang, Ming Liang, Ming Liang

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Relation of Biomarkers of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress with Hypertension Occurrence in Lone Atrial Fibrillation by Marija M. Polovina, Miodrag C. Ostojic, Tatjana S. Potpara

“…We compared plasma levels of biomarkers of inflammation (CRP) and oxidation (oxLDL), determined at study inclusion in lone atrial fibrillation (LAF) patients (48.6±11.5 years; 74.0% men) and sinus rhythm controls (49.7±9.3 years; 72.7% men, P>0.05), and investigated the association of baseline CRP and oxLDL levels with the risk for vascular disease (VD) development (hypertension, cerebrovascular disease, coronary/peripheral artery disease, and pulmonary embolism) during prospective follow-up. …”
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Influence of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation on atrial and ventricular functional mitral regurgitation by Masaharu Masuda, Kimiko Sekiya, Mitsutoshi Asai, Osamu Iida, Shin Okamoto, Takayuki Ishihara, Kiyonori Nanto, Takashi Kanda, Takuya Tsujimura, Yasuhiro Matsuda, Yosuke Hata, Hiroyuki Uematsu, Taku Toyoshima, Naoko Higashino, Toshiaki Mano

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Spontaneous Spinal Epidural Hematoma in a Patient on Apixaban for Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation by Ahmad El Alayli, Logeswari Neelakandan, Hicham Krayem

“…Case Description: A 76-year-old lady, with a history of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, presented with a new onset of progressive left lower and upper extremity weakness. …”
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Atrial Fibrillation Detection by the Combination of Recurrence Complex Network and Convolution Neural Network by Xiaoling Wei, Jimin Li, Chenghao Zhang, Ming Liu, Peng Xiong, Xin Yuan, Yifei Li, Feng Lin, Xiuling Liu

“…Finally, a voting algorithm is developed to improve the performance of the beat-wise atrial fibrillation detection. The MIT-BIH atrial fibrillation database is used to evaluate the performance of the proposed method. …”
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Hyperuricemia Increases the Risk of Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Zheng Gao, Hekai Shi, Wei Xu, Zhengzhao Guan, Xiuxiu Su, Nuojin Guo, Huijie Ma

“…Association between hyperuricemia (HUA) and atrial fibrillation (AF) remains unclear. We reviewed clinical evidence and aimed to determine whether hyperuricemia leads to a high risk of atrial fibrillation. …”
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What Governs Immediate or Delayed Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation by Direct Current Shock? by Amar T. AL-Hamdi, Azad J. Ali, Becker S. Alzand

Subjects: “…Atrial fibrillation…”
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Risk Factors Associated with Cardioembolic Stroke in Patients with non Valvular Atrial Fibrillation by Daniel Guerra García, Francisco Valladares Carvajal, Ernesto Julio Bernal Valladares, José Aurelio Díaz Quiñones

“…A number of 103 patients were studied, 50 with atrial fibrillation and cardioembolic stroke and 53 with atrial fibrillation without cardioembolic stroke. …”
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Combined Nonlinear Analysis of Atrial and Ventricular Series for Automated Screening of Atrial Fibrillation by Juan Ródenas, Manuel García, Raúl Alcaraz, José J. Rieta

“…Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia in clinical practice. …”
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Impaired Mitophagy: A New Potential Mechanism of Human Chronic Atrial Fibrillation by Shuang Zhou, Weiran Dai, Guoqiang Zhong, Zhiyuan Jiang

“…However, the effect of mitophagy on atrial fibrillation (AF) is still unknown. Therefore, we investigated the exact role of mitophagy in human chronic AF. …”
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Prediction Model of New Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome by Na Wu, Junzheng Li, Xiang Xu, Zhiquan Yuan, Lili Yang, Yanxiu Chen, Tingting Xia, Qin Hu, Zheng Chen, Chengying Li, Ying Xiang, Zhihui Zhang, Li Zhong, Yafei Li

“…Objective. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most common complications of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients. …”
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Relationship Between Left Atrial Strain and Atrial Fibrillation: The Role of Stress Echocardiography by Alfredo Mauriello, Adriana Correra, Antonia Ascrizzi, Gerardo Elia Del Vecchio, Giovanni Benfari, Federica Ilardi, Matteo Lisi, Alessandro Malagoli, Giulia Elena Mandoli, Maria Concetta Pastore, Simona Sperlongano, Matteo Cameli, Vincenzo Russo, Antonello D’Andrea

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The Effects of Catheter Ablation Therapy on Medication Use and Expenditures in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation by Matthew R. Reynolds, Guy David, Candace Gunnarsson, Jamie L. March, Steven C. Hao

“…**Background:** Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice. …”
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Untangling areas of improvement in secondary prevention of ischemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation by F Sánchez-Sáez, CL Rodríguez-Bernal, I Hurtado, J Riera-Arnau, A Garcia-Sempere, Salvador Peiró, G Sanfélix-Gimeno

“…We analyzed a population-based retrospective cohort (n = 10,343) of post-stroke patients with atrial fibrillation using the VID database (2010–2017). …”
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Predictive value of peripheral blood SNORD55 for prognosis of atrial fibrillation patients by WANG Yu, WANG Yu, WU Na, YANG Lanqing

Subjects: “…atrial fibrillation…”
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