Long-term clinical outcome following pulmonary vein isolation with high-intensity focused ultrasound balloon catheters in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.

Authors : Metzner Andreas A; Chun K R Julian KR; Neven Kars K; Fuernkranz Alexander A; Ouyang Feifan F; Antz Matthias M; Tilz Roland R; Zerm Thomas T; Koektuerk Buelent B; Wissner Eric E; Koester Ilka I; Ernst Sabine S; Boczor Sigrid S; Kuck Karl-Heinz KH; Schmidt Boris B;

Affiliations : Department of Cardiology, Asklepios Klinik St Georg, Lohmühlenstr. 5, 20099 Hamburg, Germany.

Journal : Europace   (2010)

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Genome-wide association study of PR interval.

Authors : Pfeufer Arne A; van Noord Charlotte C; Marciante Kristin D KD; Arking Dan E DE; Larson Martin G MG; Smith Albert Vernon AV; Tarasov Kirill V KV; Müller Martina M; Sotoodehnia Nona N; Sinner Moritz F MF; Verwoert Germaine C GC; Li Man M; Kao W H Linda WH; Köttgen Anna A; Coresh Josef J; Bis Joshua C JC; Psaty Bruce M BM; Rice Kenneth K; Rotter Jerome I JI; Rivadeneira Fernando F; Hofman Albert A; Kors Jan A JA; Stricker Bruno H C BH; Uitterlinden André G AG; van Duijn Cornelia M CM; Beckmann Britt M BM; Sauter Wiebke W; Gieger Christian C; Lubitz Steven A SA; Newton-Cheh Christopher C; Wang Thomas J TJ; Magnani Jared W JW; Schnabel Renate B RB; Chung Mina K MK; Barnard John J; Smith Jonathan D JD; Van Wagoner David R DR; Vasan Ramachandran S RS; Aspelund Thor T; Eiriksdottir Gudny G; Harris Tamara B TB; Launer Lenore J LJ; Najjar Samer S SS; Lakatta Edward E; Schlessinger David D; Uda Manuela M; Abecasis Gonçalo R GR; Müller-Myhsok Bertram B; Ehret Georg B GB; Boerwinkle Eric E; Chakravarti Aravinda A; Soliman Elsayed Z EZ; Lunetta Kathryn L KL; Perz Siegfried S; Wichmann H-Erich HE; Meitinger Thomas T; Levy Daniel D; Gudnason Vilmundur V; Ellinor Patrick T PT; Sanna Serena S; Kääb Stefan S; Witteman Jacqueline C M JC; Alonso Alvaro A; Benjamin Emelia J EJ; Heckbert Susan R SR;

Affiliations : Institute of Human Genetics, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany. arne.pfeufer@web.de

Journal : Nat. Genet.   (2010)

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Frequency and determinants of lipid testing in ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack: findings from get with the guidelines-stroke.

Authors : Smith Eric E EE; Pan Wenqin W; Olson DaiWai D; Reeves Mathew J MJ; Ovbiagele Bruce B; Peterson Eric D ED; Fonarow Gregg C GC; Schwamm Lee H LH;

Affiliations : Calgary Stroke Program, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. eesmith@ucalgary.ca

Journal : Stroke   (2010)

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Inadvertent electrical isolation of the left atrial appendage during catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation.

Authors : Chan Chin Pang CP; Wong Wai Shun WS; Pumprueg Satchana S; Veerareddy Srikar S; Billakanty Sreedhar S; Ellis Christopher C; Chae Sanders S; Buerkel Daniel D; Aasbo Johan J; Crawford Thomas T; Good Eric E; Jongnarangsin Krit K; Ebinger Matthew M; Bogun Frank F; Pelosi Frank F; Oral Hakan H; Morady Fred F; Chugh Aman A;

Affiliations : Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Electropathological Substrate of Longstanding Persistent Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Structural Heart Disease

Authors : Natasja M.S. de Groot, MD, PhD; Richard P.M. Houben, BSc; Joep L. Smeets, MD, PhD; Eric Boersma, PhD; Ulrich Schotten, MD, PhD; Martin J. Schalij, MD, PhD; Harry Crijns, MD, PhD;

Affiliations : Correspondence to Professor Dr M.A. Allessie, Department of Physiology, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200MD Maastricht, the Netherlands. E-mail M.Allessie@Fys.Unimaas.nl

Journal : Circulation   (2010)

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Electropathological substrate of longstanding persistent atrial fibrillation in patients with structural heart disease: epicardial breakthrough.

Authors : Natasja M.S. de Groot, MD, PhD; Richard P.M. Houben, BSc; Joep L. Smeets, MD, PhD; Eric Boersma, PhD; Ulrich Schotten, MD, PhD; Martin J. Schalij, MD, PhD; Harry Crijns, MD, PhD;

Affiliations : Correspondence to Professor Dr M.A. Allessie, Department of Physiology, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200MD Maastricht, the Netherlands. E-mail M.Allessie@Fys.Unimaas.nl

Journal : Circulation   (2010)

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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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Left atrial pressure and dominant frequency of atrial fibrillation in humans

Authors : Yoshida K; Ulfarsson M; Oral H; Crawford T; Good E; Jongnarangsin K; Bogun F; Pelosi F; Jalife J; Morady F;

Affiliations : Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Aman Chugh, Cardiovascular Center, SPC 5853, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-5853

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Real-Life Observations of Clinical Outcomes With Rhythm- and Rate-Control Therapies for Atrial Fibrillation

Authors : A. John Camm, MD; Günter Breithardt, MD; Harry Crijns, MD; Paul Dorian, MD; Peter Kowey, MD; Jean-Yves Le Heuzey, MD; Ihsen Merioua, MD; Laurence Pedrazzini, MD; Eric N. Prystowsky, MD; Peter J. Schwartz, MD;

Affiliations : Prof. A. John Camm, St. George's University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE, United Kingdom (Email: jcamm@sgul.ac.uk).

Journal : Journal of the American College of Cardiology   (2011)

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Prevalence and Predictors of Complications of Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

Authors : TIMIR S. BAMAN M.D.; KRIT JONGNARANGSIN M.D.; AMAN CHUGH M.D.; ARISARA SUWANAGOOL M.D.; AURELIE GUIOT M.D.; ARIN MADENCI B.A.; SPENCER WALSH B.A.; KARL J. ILG M.D.; SANJAYA K. GUPTA M.D.; RAKESH LATCHAMSETTY M.D.; SUVEER BAGWE M.D.; JAMES D. MYLES Ph.D. ; THOMAS CRAWFORD M.D.; ERIC GOOD D.O.; FRANK BOGUN M.D.; FRANK PELOSI; JR M.D.; FRED MORADY M.D.;

Affiliations : HakanOral, M.D., Cardiovascular Center, SPC 5853, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5853, USA. Fax: (734) 936 7026; oralh@umich.edu.

Journal : Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology   (2011)

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Atrial fibrillation management strategies and early mortality after myocardial infarction: results from the Valsartan in Acute Myocardial Infarction (VALIANT) Trial

Authors :

Affiliations : Correspondence to Dr Kent R Nilsson, Jr, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Erwin Road, DUMC 31009, Durham, NC 27710, USA; kent.nilsson@duke.edu

Journal : Acute coronary syndromes   (2010)

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"Association of Plasma Phospholipid Long-Chain Omega-3 Fatty Acids With Incident Atrial Fibrillation in Older Adults

Authors : Rozenn N. Lemaitre, PhD, MPH, Irena B. King, PhD, Xiaoling Song, PhD, Frank M. Sacks, MD;

Affiliations : Correspondence to Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH, 665 Huntington Ave, Bldg 2-319, Boston, MA, 02115. E-mail dmozaffa@hsph.harvard.edu

Journal : Original Articles   (2012)

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Lead complications, device infections, and clinical outcomes in the first year after implantation of cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator and cardiac resynchronization therapy-pacemaker

Authors :

Affiliations : N/A

Journal : N/A   (2012)

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Catheter ablation in selected patients with depressed left ventricular ejection fraction and persistent atrial fibrillation unresponsive to current cardioversion

Authors :

Affiliations : Département de Rythmologie, Unité de Cardiologie, Hôpital Privé Les Franciscaines, Nîmes, France Paris Cardiovascular Research Center, Paris, France Unité de Chirurgie Cardio-Vasculaire et Thoracique, Hôpital Privé Les Franciscaines, Nîmes, France

Journal : N/A   (2013)

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Cardiac characteristics and long-term outcome in Andersen–Tawil syndrome patients related to KCNJ2 mutation

Authors :

Affiliations : L'Institut du Thorax, Department of Cardiology, Bd Monod, Nantes University Hospital, 44093, Nantes, France Department of Cardiology, Bordeaux University Haut-Lévêque Hospital, Av de Magellan, 33604, Pessac, France Department of Cardiology, Toulouse University Hospital, place du docteur Baylac, 31300, Toulouse, France Department of Cardiology, Rennes University Hospital, rue Henri le Guilloux, 35033, Rennes, France Department of Cardiology, Brest University Hospital, rue du Professeur Langevin, 29200, Brest, France Department of Cardiology, Nancy University Hospital, rue du Morvan, 54500, Nancy, France Department of Cardiology, Nice University Hospital, rue saint Antoine, 06202, Nice, France Department of Cardiology, Montpellier University Hospital, avenue du doyen Giraud, 34295, Montpellier, France Department of Medical Genetics, Nantes University Hospital, place Alexis Ricordeau, 44093, Nantes, France INSERM UMR1087, CNRS UMR 6291 L'Institut du Thorax, place Alexis Ricordeau, 44093, Nantes, France 11L'Institut du Thorax, Nantes University Hospital, place Alexis Ricordeau, 44093, Nantes, France Department of Medical Genetics, (AP/HP) Paris, Boulevard de l'hopital, 75013, Paris, France Cardiology, Bichat Hospital, (AP/HP) Paris, 75018, Paris, France Paediatric Cardiology, Robert Debré Hospital (AP/HP) Paris, 75019, Paris, France

Journal : N/A   (2013)

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