[Therapy of atrial fibrillation]

Authors : Hoffmann Boris A BA; Rostock Thomas T; Drewitz Imke I; Steven Daniel D; Willems Stephan S;

Affiliations : Klinik für Kardiologie mit Schwerpunkt Elektrophysiologie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf. b.hoffmann@uke.de

Journal : MMW Fortschr Med   (2009)

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Myeloperoxidase acts as a profibrotic mediator of atrial fibrillation.

Authors : Rudolph Volker V; Andrié René P RP; Rudolph Tanja K TK; Friedrichs Kai K; Klinke Anna A; Hirsch-Hoffmann Birgit B; Schwoerer Alexander P AP; Lau Denise D; Fu Xiaoming X; Klingel Karin K; Sydow Karsten K; Didié Michael M; Seniuk Anika A; von Leitner Eike-Christin EC; Szoecs Katalin K; Schrickel Jan W JW; Treede Hendrik H; Wenzel Ulrich U; Lewalter Thorsten T; Nickenig Georg G; Zimmermann Wolfram-Hubertus WH; Meinertz Thomas T; Böger Rainer H RH; Reichenspurner Hermann H; Freeman Bruce A BA; Eschenhagen Thomas T; Ehmke Heimo H; Hazen Stanley L SL; Willems Stephan S; Baldus Stephan S;

Affiliations : [1] Department of General and Interventional Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research Center, University Heart Center, Hamburg, Germany. [2] These authors contributed equally to this work.

Journal : N/A   (2010)

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Damage to the esophagus following atrial fibrillation ablation - just the tip of the iceberg? High prevalence of mediastinal changes diagnosed by endosonography.

Authors : Zellerhoff Stephan S; Ullerich Hansjörg H; Lenze Frank F; Meister Tobias T; Wasmer Kristina K; Mönnig Gerold G; Köbe Julia J; Milberg Peter P; Bittner Alex A; Domschke Wolfram W; Breithardt Günter G; Eckardt Lars L;

Affiliations : 1 University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany;

Journal : N/A   (2010)

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Characterization, Mapping and Catheter Ablation of Recurrent Atrial Tachycardias Following Stepwise Ablation of Long-Lasting Persistent Atrial Fibrillation.

Authors : Rostock Thomas T; Drewitz Imke I; Steven Daniel D; Hoffmann Boris A BA; Salukhe Tushar V TV; Bock Karsten K; Servatius Helge H; Aydin Muhammet Ali MA; Meinertz Thomas T; Willems Stephan S;

Affiliations : University Hospital Eppendorf, University Heart Center, Hamburg, Germany.

Journal : N/A   (2010)

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Flecainide for cardioversion in patients at elevated cardiovascular risk and persistent atrial fibrillation: a prospective observational study.

Authors : Er Fikret F; Aslan Orhan O; Caglayan Evren E; Gassanov Natig N; Nia Amir M AM; Erdmann Erland E; Rosenkranz Stephan S;

Affiliations : Department of Internal Medicine III, Heart Center of the University of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany, Fikret.Er@uk-koeln.de.

Journal : N/A   (2010)

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Rac1-induced connective tissue growth factor regulates connexin 43 and N-cadherin expression in atrial fibrillation.

Authors : Adam Oliver O; Lavall Daniel D; Theobald Katharina K; Hohl Mathias M; Grube Markus M; Ameling Sabine S; Sussman Mark A MA; Rosenkranz Stephan S; Kroemer Heyo K HK; Schäfers Hans-Joachim HJ; Böhm Michael M; Laufs Ulrich U;

Affiliations : Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Kardiologie, Angiologie und Internistische Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum des Saarland, Homburg/Saar, Germany. oliver.adam@uks.eu

Journal : J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.   (2010)

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Comprehensive risk reduction in patients with atrial fibrillation: emerging diagnostic and therapeutic options—a report from the 3rd Atrial Fibrillation Competence NETwork/European Heart Rhythm Association consensus conference

Authors :

Affiliations : Tel: +49 251 8345185; fax: +49 251 8345185, Email: kirchhp@uni-muenster.de

Journal : N/A   (2011)

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Independent Susceptibility Markers for Atrial Fibrillation on Chromosome 4q25

Authors : Steven A. Lubitz, MD, MPH*; Moritz F. Sinner, MD*; Kathryn L. Lunetta, PhD; Seiko Makino, MS; Arne Pfeufer, MD, MSc; Rosanna Rahman, PhD; Caroline E. Veltman, MD; John Barnard, PhD; Joshua C. Bis, PhD; Stephan P. Danik, MD; Akshata Sonni, BS; Marisa A. Shea, BS, RN; Federica del Monte, MD; Siegfried Perz, MSc; Martina Müller, MSc, PhD; Annette Peters, MSc, PhD; Steven M. Greenberg, MD, PhD; Karen L. Furie, MD; Charlotte van Noord, MD; Eric Boerwinkle, PhD; Bruno H.C. Stricker, MB, PhD; Jacqueline Witteman, PhD; Jonathan D. Smith, PhD; Mina K. Chung, MD; Susan R. Heckbert, MD, PhD; Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM; Jonathan Rosand, MD; Dan E. Arking, PhD; Alvaro Alonso, MD, PhD; Stefan Kääb, MD, PhD*;

Affiliations : Correspondence to Patrick T. Ellinor, MD, PhD, Cardiac Arrhythmia Service and Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114. E-mail pellinor@partners.org

Journal : Circulation   (2010)

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Independent susceptibility markers for atrial fibrillation on chromosome 4q25.

Authors : Lubitz SA; Sinner MF; Lunetta KL; Makino S; Pfeufer A; Rahman R; Veltman CE; Barnard J; Bis JC; Danik SP; Sonni A; Shea MA; Del Monte F; Perz S; Müller M; Peters A; Greenberg SM; Furie KL; van Noord C; Boerwinkle E; Stricker BH; Witteman J; Smith JD; Chung MK; Heckbert SR; Benjamin EJ; Rosand J; Arking DE; Alonso A; Kääb S;

Affiliations : Correspondence to Patrick T. Ellinor, MD, PhD, Cardiac Arrhythmia Service and Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114. E-mail pellinor@partners.org

Journal : Circulation   (2010)

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Rationale and current perspective for early rhythm control therapy in atrial fibrillation

Authors : Isabelle C. Van Gelder Laurent M. Haegeli; Axel Brandes; Hein Heidbuche; Etienne Aliot; Josef Kautzner; Lukasz Szumowski; Lluis Mont; John Morgan; Stephan Willems; Sakis Themistoclakis; Michele Gulizia; Arif Elvan;

Affiliations : Corresponding author. Tel: +31 50 3612355; fax: +31 50 3614391, Email: i.c.van.gelder@thorax.umcg.nl

Journal : Eurpopace   (2011)

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Comprehensive risk reduction in patients with atrial fibrillation: emerging diagnostic and therapeutic options—a report from the 3rd Atrial Fibrillation Competence NETwork/European Heart Rhythm Association consensus conference

Authors : Paulus Kirchhof; Gregory Y.H. Lip; Isabelle C. Van Gelder; Jeroen Bax; Elaine Hylek; Stefan Kaab; Ulrich Schotten; Karl Wegscheider; Giuseppe Boriani; Axel Brandes; Michael Ezekowitz; Hans Diener; Laurent Haegeli1; Hein Heidbuchel; Deirdre Lane; Luis Mont; Stephan Willems; Paul Dorian; Maria Aunes-Jansson; Carina Blomstrom-Lundqvist; Maria Borentain; Stefanie Breitenstein; Martina Brueckmann; Nilo Cater; Andreas Clemens; Dobromir Dobrev Sergio Dubner; Nils G. Edvardsson18; Leif Friberg; Andreas Goette; Michele Gulizia; Robert Hatala; Jenny Horwood; Lukas Szumowski; Lukas Kappenberger; Josef Kautzner; Angelika Leute; Trudie Lobban; Ralf Meyer; Jay Millerhagen; John Morgan; Felix Muenzel; Michael Nabauer; Christoph Baertels; Michael Oeff; Dieter Paar; Juergen Polifka; Ursula Ravens; Ludger Rosin; W. Stegink; Gerhard Steinbeck; Panos Vardas; Alphons Vincent; Maureen Walter;

Affiliations : Corresponding author. Tel: +49 251 8345185; fax: +49 251 8345185, Email: kirchhp@uni-muenster.de

Journal : Eurpopace   (2011)

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Severity of Esophageal Injury Predicts Time to Healing after Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

Authors : Contreras-Valdes FM; Heist EK; Danik SB; Barrett CD; Blendea D; Brugge WR; Ptaszek L; Ruskin JN;

Affiliations : "MGH Heart Center, Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Corresponding Author and Reprint Requests: Moussa Mansour, M.D., 55 Fruit Street GRB-109, Boston, MA 02114, USA, Phone: (617) 726-5557 / Fax: (617) 724-1241" mmansour@partners.org

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2011)

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Personalized management of atrial fibrillation: Proceedings from the fourth Atrial Fibrillation competence NETwork/European Heart Rhythm Association consensus conference

Authors :

Affiliations : University of Birmingham Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences and SWBH NHS Trust, Institute for Biomedical Research, 1st Floor, Room 136, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany AFNET, Germany CHU de Nancy, Nancy, France Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland St. Jude Medical, St. Paul, MN, USA Department of Cardiology, University of Leiden Medical Center, Leiden, NL, The Netherlands Department of Cardiology, Institution of Medical Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark Meda Pharma SAS, Paris, France University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Ingelheim, Germany The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA University of Oxford, Oxford, UK University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH, Munich, Germany University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA, USA CRI—The Clinical Research Institute, Munich, Germany Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany University of Calgary/Libin, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Garibaldi-Nesima Hospital, Catania, Italy Bristol-Myers Squibb, Munich, Germany University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France Charité Berlin, Berlin, Germany University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium Hôpital Cardologique du Haut-Lévêque and the Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux II, Bordeaux, France University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic Klinik St. Georg, Hanseatisches Herzzentrum, Hamburg, Germany Isar Herzzentrum, Munich, Germany Medtronic International Trading Sàrl, Tolochenaz, Switzerland Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Pfizer Deutschland GmbH, Berlin, Germany Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark Städtisches Klinikum Brandenburg, Brandenburg, Germany Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey Medizinische Universität Graz, Graz, Austria University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA Bristol-Myers Squibb, Rueil-Malmaison, Paris, France Bayer Vital GmbH, Leverkusen, Germany St. Jude Medical, Zaventem, Belgium Boston Scientific, St. Paul, MN, USA Zentrum für Kardiologie am Klinikum Starnberg, Starnberg, Germany Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland Ettore Sansavini Health Science Foundation, Cotignola, Italy Ospedale dell'Angelo, Mestre-Venice, Venice, Italy Bayer Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Sanofi Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Berlin, Germany University College Hospital, London, UK University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK

Journal : N/A   (2013)

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