Atrial platelet reactivity in patients with atrial fibrillation

Authors : Willoughby SR; Roberts-Thomson RL; Lim HS; Schultz C; Prabhu A; De Sciscio P; Wong CX; Worthley MI;

Affiliations : Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Prashanthan Sanders, Cardiovascular Research Centre, Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Investigation Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Direction-dependent conduction in lone atrial fibrillation

Authors : Wong CX; Stiles MK; John B; Brooks AG; Lau DH; Dimitri H; Kuklik P; Shipp NJ; Sullivan T;

Affiliations : Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Prashanthan Sanders, Cardiovascular Research Centre, Department of Cardiology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Hypertension and atrial fibrillation: Evidence of progressive atrial remodeling with electrostructural correlate in a conscious chronically instrumented ovine model

Authors : Lau DH; Mackenzie L; Kelly DJ; Psaltis PJ; Brooks AG; Worthington M; Rajendram A; Kelly DR; Zhang Y; Kuklik P; Nelson AJ; Wong CX; Worthley SG; Rao M; Faull RJ; Edwards J; Saint DA;

Affiliations : Cardiovascular Research Centre, Departments of Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery and Renal Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital and the Disciplines of Medicine and Physiology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Prashanthan Sanders, Cardiovascular Research Centre, Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Investigation Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Role of high dominant frequency sites in nonparoxysmal atrial fibrillation patients: Insights from high-density frequency and fractionation mapping

Authors : Lin YJ; Tsao HM; Chang SL; Lo LW; Hu YF; Chang CJ; Tsai WC; Suenari K; Huang SY; Chang HY; Wu TJ;

Affiliations : Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Institute of Clinical Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Shih-Ann Chen, Division of Cardiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, Taiwan

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Ion channel trafficking: A new therapeutic horizon for atrial fibrillation

Authors : Schumacher SM;

Affiliations : Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Jeffrey R. Martens, Department of Pharmacology, 1301 MSRBIII, 1150 West Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0632

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Acute dronedarone is inferior to amiodarone in terminating and preventing atrial fibrillation in canine atria

Authors : Burashnikov A; Belardinelli L;

Affiliations : Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, Utica, New York Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Alexander Burashnikov, Masonic Medical Research Laboratory, 2150 Bleecker Street, Utica, New York 13501

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Novel KCNA5 mutation implicates tyrosine kinase signaling in human atrial fibrillation

Authors : Yang T; Yang P; Roden DM;

Affiliations : Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Dawood Darbar, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 2215B Garland Avenue, Room 1285A MRB-4, Nashville, Tennessee 37323-6602

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Superior vena cava as initiator of atrial fibrillation: Factors related to its arrhythmogenicity

Authors : Higuchi K; Yamauchi Y; Hirao K; Sasaki T; Hachiya H; Sekiguchi Y; Nitta J;

Affiliations : Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Koji Higuchi, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-85191 Japan

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Identification of a high-risk population for esophageal injury during radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: Procedural and anatomical considerations

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Affiliations : artinek M; Meyer C; Hassanein S; Aichinger J; Bencsik G; Schoefl R; Boehm G; Nesser HJ; Purerfellner H.

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Different characteristics of complex fractionated atrial electrograms in acute paroxysmal versus long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation

Authors : Ciaccio EJ; Biviano AB; Whang W; Gambhir A;

Affiliations : Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Edward J. Ciaccio, HP804-Medicine, Columbia University, 180 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, New York 10032

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Atrial electrophysiology is altered by acute hypercapnia but not hypoxemia: Implications for promotion of atrial fibrillation in pulmonary disease and sleep apnea

Authors : Stevenson IH; Roberts-Thomson KC; Kistler PM; Edwards GA; Spence S; Sanders P;

Affiliations : Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Jonathan M. Kalman, Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia 3050

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Antiarrhythmic use from 1991 to 2007: Insights from the Canadian Registry of Atrial Fibrillation (CARAF I and II)

Authors : Andrade JG; Connolly SJ; Dorian P; Green M; Humphries KH; Klein GJ; Sheldon R; Talajic M;

Affiliations : St. Paul's Hospital and the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Charles R. Kerr, 344 - 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver BC V6Z 1Y6, Canada

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Atrioventricular nodal ablation predicts survival benefit in patients with atrial fibrillation receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy

Authors : Dong K; Shen WK; Powell BD; Dong YX; Rea RF; Friedman PA; Hodge DO; Wiste HJ; Webster T; Hayes DL;

Affiliations : Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Yong-Mei Cha, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Local unipolar and bipolar electrogram criteria for evaluating the transmurality of atrial ablation lesions at different catheter orientations relative to the endocardial surface

Authors : Otomo K; Uno K; Fujiwara H; Isobe M;

Affiliations : Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, Tsuchiura Kyodo Hospital, Tsuchiura, Japan Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Kiyoshi Otomo, Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, Tsuchiura Kyodo Hospital, 11-7 Manabeshin-machi, Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, 300-0053, Japan

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Outcomes of long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation ablation: A systematic review

Authors : Brooks AG; Stiles MK; Laborderie J; Lau DH; Kuklik P; Shipp NJ; Hsu LF;

Affiliations : Cardiovascular Research Centre, Department of Cardiology, Royal Adelaide Hospital and the Disciplines of Medicine and Physiology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Prashanthan Sanders, Cardiovascular Research Centre, Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Investigation Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA 5000 Australia

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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