Twenty-five years in the making: flecainide is safe and effective for the management of atrial fibrillation

Authors : Aliot E; Capucci A; Crijns HJ; Goette A;

Affiliations : Département de Cardiologie, CHU de Nancy, Hôpital de Brabois, rue du Morvan, 54511 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex, France. e.aliot@chu-nancy.fr Corresponding author. Tel: +33 3 83 15 32 96; fax: +33 3 83 15 38 56, Email: e.aliot@chu-nancy.fr

Journal : EP Europace   (2010)

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Atrial defibrillation threshold as a novel predictor of clinical outcome of catheter ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation

Authors : Komatsu Y; Uno K; Otomo K; Nagata Y; Taniguchi H; Ogura K; Egami Y; Takayama K; Kakita K;

Affiliations : Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, Tsuchiura Kyodo Hospital, 11-7 Manabe-Shinmachi, Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, Japan. yk.komat@gmail.com Tel: +81 29 823 3111; fax: +81 29 823 1160, Email: yk.komat@gmail.com

Journal : EP Europace   (2010)

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Warfarin in haemodialysis patients with atrial fibrillation: what benefit?

Authors : Yang F; Chou D; Schweitzer P;

Affiliations : Division of Cardiology/Arrhythmia Offices Forman 2, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 E. 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467, USA. fey2002@gmail.com

Journal : EP Europace   (2010)

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Abnormal atrial activation in young patients with lone atrial fibrillation

Authors : Holmqvist F; Olesen MS; Tveit A; Enger S; Tapanainen J; Jurkko R; Havmöller R; Haunsø S; Carlson J; Svendsen JH;

Affiliations : Department of Cardiology, Lund University, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden. fredrik.holmqvist@med.lu.se Corresponding author. Tel: +46 46 17 35 18; fax: +46 46 15 78 57, Email: fredrik.holmqvist@med.lu.se

Journal : EP Europace   (2010)

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Interleukin-18 among atrial fibrillation patients in the absence of structural heart disease

Authors : Luan Y; Guo Y; Li S; Yu B; Zhu S; Li S; Li N; Tian Z; Peng C; Cheng J; Li Q; Cui J;

Affiliations : CoDepartment of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, People's Republic of China. Tel: +86 451 86674548; fax: +86 451 86674548, Email: yetian@ems.hrbmu.edu.cn

Journal : EP Europace   (2010)

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Predictors of recurrence following radiofrequency ablation for persistent atrial fibrillation

Authors : McCready JW; Smedley T; Lambiase PD; Ahsan SY; Segal OR; Rowland E; Lowe MD;

Affiliations : The Heart Hospital, University College Hospital and Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, UCL, 16-18 Westmoreland Street, London W1G 8PH, UK. Tel: +44 207 573 8888; fax: +44 207 573 8847, Email: jack.mccready@uclh.nhs.uk or jackmccready@googlemail.com

Journal : EP Europace   (2010)

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Efficacy of adjunctive ablation of complex fractionated atrial electrograms and pulmonary vein isolation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Authors : Kong MH; Piccini JP;

Affiliations : Duke University Medical Center, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Section of the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, DUMC Box 31294, Durham, NC 27710, USA. kong0017@mc.duke.edu Tel: +1 919 699 4112; fax: +1 919 240 4447, Email: kong0017@mc.duke.edu

Journal : EP Europace   (2010)

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Usefulness of transoesophageal echocardiography before circumferential pulmonary vein ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation: is it really mandatory?

Authors : Calvo N; Mont L; Vidal B; Nadal M; Montserrat S; Andreu D; Tamborero D; Pare C; Azqueta M; Berruezo A; Brugada J;

Affiliations : Cardiology Department, Thorax Clinic Institute, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS-Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Catalonia, Spain. Tel: +34 93 227 5509; fax: +34 93 451 41 48, Email: msitges@clinic.ub.es

Journal : EP Europace   (2010)

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Association between angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion gene polymorphism and atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis

Authors : Liu T; Korantzopoulos P; Xu G; Shehata M; Li D; Wang X;

Affiliations : Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300211, People's Republic of China. Tel: +86 22 88328368; fax: +86 22 28261158. Email: gp_limail@yahoo.com.cn

Journal : EP Europace   (2010)

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Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation using remote magnetic catheter navigation: a case–control study

Authors :

Affiliations : Department of Electrophysiology, University of Leipzig, Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany. dr.arasharya@gmail.com Tel: +49 341 865 1413; fax: +49 341 865 1460, Email: dr.arasharya@gmail.com

Journal : EP Europace   (2010)

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Does Bachmann's bundle pacing prevent atrial fibrillation in myotonic dystrophy type 1 patients? A 12 months follow-up study

Authors : Nigro G; Russo V; Politano L; Della Cioppa N; Rago A; Arena G; Papa AA; Paoli LD; de Chiara A; Russo MG; Golino P;

Affiliations : Cardiology, Second, University of Naples - Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy. Via della Resistenza, 48, 80021 Afragola (Naples), Italy. Tel: +39 081 7064149, Email: v.p.russo@libero.it

Journal : EP Europace   (2010)

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Atrial fibrillation in Africa: clinical characteristics, prognosis, and adherence to guidelines in Cameroon

Authors : Ntep-Gweth M; Zimmermann M; Meiltz A; Kingue S; Ndobo P; Urban P;

Affiliations : Department of Cardiology, Hopital De La Tour, 1, Avenue J.-D. Maillard, Meyrin, Geneva 1217, Switzerland. Tel: +41 22 782 9778; fax: +41 22 785 1863, Email: zimmermann.family@bluewin.ch

Journal : EP Europace   (2010)

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Different structural remodelling in atrial fibrillation with different types of mitral valvular diseases

Authors : Qian Y; Meng J; Tang H; Yang G; Deng Y; Wei D; Xiang B;

Affiliations : Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China. Tel: +86 13458512199, Email: hxxijunxiao@sina.com

Journal : EP Europace   (2010)

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Atrial activation time and pattern of linear triple-site vs. single-site atrial pacing after cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation

Authors : Choi JI; Ryu K; Park E; Benser ME; Jang JK; Lee HS; Lim HE; Pak HN;

Affiliations : Division of Cardiology, Korea University Medical Center, 126-1 5ga, Anam-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-705, Republic of Korea. Tel: +82 2 920 5445; fax: +82 2 927 1478, Email: yhkmd@unitel.co.kr

Journal : EP Europace   (2010)

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Randomized trial of angiotensin II-receptor blocker vs. dihydropiridine calcium channel blocker in the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation with hypertension (J-RHYTHM II study).

Authors : Yamashita T; Inoue H; Okumura K; Kodama I; Aizawa Y; Atarashi H; Ohe T; Ohtsu H; Kato T; Kamakura S; Kumagai K; Kurachi Y; Koretsune Y; Saikawa T; Sakurai M; Sato T; Sugi K; Nakaya H; Hirai M; Hirayama A; Fukatani M; Mitamura H; Yamazaki T; Watanabe E; Ogawa S;

Affiliations : J-RHYTHM II Clinical Trial Center, The Cardiovascular Institute, Roppongi 7-3-10, Minatoku, Tokyo 106-0032, Japan. Tel: +81 3 3408 2151; fax: +81 3 3401 0469, Email: yamt-tky@umin.ac.jp

Journal : EP Europace   (2010)

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