Variation in the 4q25 chromosomal locus predicts atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Authors : Body Simon C SC; Collard Charles D CD; Shernan Stanton K SK; Fox Amanda A AA; Liu Kuang-Yu KY; Ritchie Marylyn D MD; Perry Tjörvi E TE; Muehlschlegel Jochen D JD; Aranki Sary S; Donahue Brian S BS; Pretorius Mias M; Estrada Juan-Carlos JC; Ellinor Patrick T PT; Newton-Cheh Christopher C; Seidman Christine E CE; Seidman J G JG; Herman Daniel S DS; Lichtner Peter P; Meitinger Thomas T; Pfeufer Arne A; Kääb Stefan S; Brown Nancy J NJ; Roden Dan M DM; Darbar Dawood D;

Affiliations : Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02115, USA. body@zeus.bwh.harvard.edu

Journal : Circ Cardiovasc Genet   (2009)

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By the way, doctor. I am currently on Coumadin because I had atrial fibrillation after my bypass, Plavix because of my stent, and a baby aspirin. Why do I need to take three blood thinners?

Authors : Lee Thomas H TH;

Affiliations : N/A

Journal : Harv Health Lett   (2009)

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Radiofrequency ablation of atrial fibrillation under therapeutic international normalized ratio: a safe and efficacious periprocedural anticoagulation strategy.

Authors : Hussein Ayman A AA; Martin David O DO; Saliba Walid W; Patel Deven D; Karim Saima S; Batal Omar O; Banna Mustafa M; Williams-Andrews Michelle M; Sherman Minerva M; Kanj Mohamed M; Bhargava Mandeep M; Dresing Thomas T; Callahan Thomas T; Tchou Patrick P; Di Biase Luigi L; Beheiry Salwa S; Lindsay Bruce B; Natale Andrea A; Wazni Oussama O;

Affiliations : Center for Atrial Fibrillation, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2009)

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Role of the CHADS2 score in the evaluation of thromboembolic risk in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing transesophageal echocardiography before pulmonary vein isolation.

Authors : Puwanant Sarinya S; Varr Brandon C BC; Shrestha Kevin K; Hussain Sarah K SK; Tang W H Wilson WH; Gabriel Ruvin S RS; Wazni Oussama M OM; Bhargava Mandeep M; Saliba Walid I WI; Thomas James D JD; Lindsay Bruce D BD; Klein Allan L AL;

Affiliations : Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA.

Journal : J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.   (2009)

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[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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Initial experience of assessing esophageal tissue injury and recovery using delayed-enhancement MRI after atrial fibrillation ablation.

Authors : Badger Troy J TJ; Adjei-Poku Yaw A YA; Burgon Nathan S NS; Kalvaitis Saul S; Shaaban Akram A; Sommers Daniel N DN; Blauer Joshua J E JJ; Fish Eric N EN; Akoum Nazem N; Haslem Thomas S TS; Kholmovski Eugene G EG; MacLeod Rob S RS; Adler Douglas G DG; Marrouche Nassir F NF;

Affiliations : Comprehensive Arrhythmia and Research Management, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132-2400, USA.

Journal : Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol   (2009)

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Evidence of clinical practice heterogeneity in the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in heart failure and post-myocardial infarction left ventricular dysfunction: Findings from IMPROVE HF.

Authors : Mehra Mandeep R MR; Yancy Clyde W CW; Albert Nancy M NM; Curtis Anne B AB; Stough Wendy Gattis WG; Gheorghiade Mihai M; Heywood J Thomas JT; McBride Mark L ML; O'Connor Christopher M CM; Reynolds Dwight D; Walsh Mary Norine MN; Fonarow Gregg C GC;

Affiliations : University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. mmehra@medicine.umaryland.edu

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2009)

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Health and disease in 85 year olds: baseline findings from the Newcastle 85+ cohort study.

Authors : Collerton Joanna J; Davies Karen K; Jagger Carol C; Kingston Andrew A; Bond John J; Eccles Martin P MP; Robinson Louise A LA; Martin-Ruiz Carmen C; von Zglinicki Thomas T; James Oliver F W OF; Kirkwood Thomas B L TB;

Affiliations : Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5PL. j.c.collerton@ncl.ac.uk

Journal : BMJ   (2009)

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Dronedarone: A Safety Comparison to Amiodarone.

Authors : Clem James R JR; Farver Debra K DK; Fischer Janet R JR; Johnson Thomas J TJ;

Affiliations : Department of Pharmacy Practice, South Dakota State University College of Pharmacym 4801 North Career Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57107, USA. James.clem@sdstate.edu.

Journal : N/A   (2010)

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Impaired myocardial perfusion in atrial fibrillation cause or effect?

Authors : Wichter Thomas T;

Affiliations : Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Heart Center Osnabrück - Bad Rothenfelde, Niels-Stensen-Kliniken, Marienhospital Osnabrück, Bischofsstrasse 1, D-49074 Osnabrück, Germany.

Journal : N/A   (2010)

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Evaluation of Left Atrial Lesions after Initial and Repeat Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Lessons Learned from Delayed-Enhancement MRI in Repeat Ablation Procedures.

Authors : Badger Troy J TJ; Daccarett Marcos M; Akoum Nazem W NW; Adjei-Poku Yaw A YA; Burgon Nathan S NS; Haslam Thomas S TS; Kalvaitis Saul S; Kuppahally Suman S; Vergara Gaston G; McMullen Lori L; Anderson Paul A PA; Kholmovski Eugene E; Macleod Rob S RS; Marrouche Nassir F NF;

Affiliations : University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT.

Journal : N/A   (2010)

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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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Diastolic dysfunction predicts new-onset atrial fibrillation and cardiovascular events in patients with acute myocardial infarction and depressed left ventricular systolic function: a CARISMA substudy.

Authors : Jons Christian C; Moerch Joergensen Rikke R; Hassager Christian C; Gang Uffe J UJ; Dixen Ulrik U; Johannesen Arne A; Olsen Niels Thue NT; Hansen Thomas F TF; Messier Marc M; Huikuri Heikki V HV; Bloch Thomsen Poul Erik PE;

Affiliations : Department of Cardiology P, Gentofte University Hospital, Post 1042, Niels Andersens Vej 65, Copenhagen DK-2900, Denmark.

Journal : N/A   (2010)

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Common variants in KCNN3 are associated with lone atrial fibrillation.

Authors : Ellinor Patrick T PT; Lunetta Kathryn L KL; Glazer Nicole L NL; Pfeufer Arne A; Alonso Alvaro A; Chung Mina K MK; Sinner Moritz F MF; de Bakker Paul I W PI; Mueller Martina M; Lubitz Steven A SA; Fox Ervin E; Darbar Dawood D; Smith Nicholas L NL; Smith Jonathan D JD; Schnabel Renate B RB; Soliman Elsayed Z EZ; Rice Kenneth M KM; Van Wagoner David R DR; Beckmann Britt-M BM; van Noord Charlotte C; Wang Ke K; Ehret Georg B GB; Rotter Jerome I JI; Hazen Stanley L SL; Steinbeck Gerhard G; Smith Albert V AV; Launer Lenore J LJ; Harris Tamara B TB; Makino Seiko S; Nelis Mari M; Milan David J DJ; Perz Siegfried S; Esko Tõnu T; Köttgen Anna A; Moebus Susanne S; Newton-Cheh Christopher C; Li Man M; Möhlenkamp Stefan S; Wang Thomas J TJ; Kao W H Linda WH; Vasan Ramachandran S RS; Nöthen Markus M MM; MacRae Calum A CA; Stricker Bruno H Ch BH; Hofman Albert A; Uitterlinden André G AG; Levy Daniel D; Boerwinkle Eric E; Metspalu Andres A; Topol Eric J EJ; Chakravarti Aravinda A; Gudnason Vilmundur V; Psaty Bruce M BM; Roden Dan M DM; Meitinger Thomas T; Wichmann H-Erich HE; Witteman Jacqueline C M JC; Barnard John J; Arking Dan E DE; Benjamin Emelia J EJ; Heckbert Susan R SR; Kääb Stefan S;

Affiliations : [1] Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [3] Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [4] These authors contributed equally to this work.

Journal : Nat. Genet.   (2010)

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A critical decrease in dominant frequency and clinical outcome after catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation.

Authors : Yoshida Kentaro K; Chugh Aman A; Good Eric E; Crawford Thomas T; Myles James J; Veerareddy Srikar S; Billakanty Sreedhar S; Wong Wai S WS; Ebinger Matthew M; Pelosi Frank F; Jongnarangsin Krit K; Bogun Frank F; Morady Fred F; Oral Hakan H;

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

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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