Global epidemiology of atrial fibrillation

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Refining Clinical Risk Stratification for Predicting Stroke and Thromboembolism in Atrial Fibrillation Using a Novel Risk Factor-Based Approach

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Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation

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Validation of Clinical Classification Schemes for Predicting Stroke: Results From the National Registry of Atrial Fibrillation

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Impact of Atrial Fibrillation on the Risk of Death: The Framingham Heart Study

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Worldwide Epidemiology of Atrial Fibrillation: A Global Burden of Disease 2010 Study

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A comparison of rate control and rhythm control in patients with atrial fibrillation

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Geographical variation and clustering are found in atrial fibrillation beyond socioeconomic differences: a Danish cohort study, 1987–2015

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In-Silico Analysis of the Influence of Pulmonary Vein Configuration on Left Atrial Haemodynamics and Thrombus Formation in a Large Cohort

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Rescue Endovascular Treatment for Emergent Large Vessel Occlusion With Underlying Intracranial Atherosclerosis: Current State and Future Directions

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Machine-learning-based radiomics identifies atrial fibrillation on the epicardial fat in contrast-enhanced and non-enhanced chest CT

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ExPheWas: a platform for cis -Mendelian randomization and gene-based association scans

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Burden of atrial fibrillation and its attributable risk factors from 1990 to 2019: An analysis of the Global Burden of Disease study 2019

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Electrophysiology practice in low- and middle-income countries: An updated review on access to care and health delivery

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Global and regional burden of ischemic stroke associated with atrial fibrillation, 2009–2019

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Insight into atrial fibrillation through analysis of the coding transcriptome in humans

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Prediabetes as a risk factor for new-onset atrial fibrillation: the propensity-score matching cohort analyzed using the Cox regression model coupled with the random survival forest

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Serum High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Levels and the Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in Japanese Population: the Circulatory Risk in Communities Study

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Cost-Effectiveness of Direct Non-Vitamin K Oral Anticoagulants Versus Vitamin K Antagonists for the Management of Patients with Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation Based on Available “Real-World” Evidence: The Italian National Health System Perspective

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Atrial fibrillation and comorbidities: Clinical characteristics and antithrombotic treatment in GLORIA-AF

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Wearable Devices Combined with Artificial Intelligence—A Future Technology for Atrial Fibrillation Detection?

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Research on atrial fibrillation mechanisms and prediction of therapeutic prospects: focus on the autonomic nervous system upstream pathways

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Predictors and long-term clinical outcomes of newly developed atrial fibrillation in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices

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International Collaborative Partnership for the Study of Atrial Fibrillation (INTERAF): Rationale, Design, and Initial Descriptives

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The hemodynamic and atrial electrophysiologic consequences of chronic left atrial volume overload in a controllable canine model

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Integrative Analysis Reveals Key Circular RNA in Atrial Fibrillation

Hu, X., Chen, L., Wu, S., Xu, K., Jiang, W., Qin, M., Zhang, Y., & Liu, X. (2019) · Frontiers in Genetics · doi:10.3389/fgene.2019.00108 · Cited by 21

Home-Based Education and Learning Program for Atrial Fibrillation: Rationale and Design of the HELP-AF Study

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De los ensayos clínicos a la práctica clínica. Evidencias con rivaroxaban en el tratamiento anticoagulante del paciente con fibrilación auricular no valvular

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The Association of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation and Risk of Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Mitochondrial Dysfunction Increases Arrhythmic Triggers and Substrates; Potential Anti-arrhythmic Pharmacological Targets

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Lack of authentic atrial fibrillation in commonly used murine atrial fibrillation models

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Advances in the Understanding of Two-Pore Domain TASK Potassium Channels and Their Potential as Therapeutic Targets

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Ion channels, long QT syndrome and arrhythmogenesis in ageing

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Atrial fibrillation in immigrant groups: a cohort study of all adults 45 years of age and older in Sweden

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Trend of Prevalence of Atrial Fibrillation and use of Oral Anticoagulation Therapy in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation in South Korea (2002–2013)

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Real-world comparison of all-cause hospitalizations, hospitalizations due to stroke and major bleeding, and costs for non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients prescribed oral anticoagulants in a US health plan

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Shengmai San-derived herbal prevents the development of a vulnerable substrate for atrial fibrillation in a rat model of ischemic heart failure

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Extended Cardiac Monitoring in Patients With Severe Sleep Apnea and No History of Atrial Fibrillation (The Reveal XT-SA Study)

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Dielectric Properties of Ovine Heart at Microwave Frequencies

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Clinical characteristics and 12-month outcomes of patients with valvular and non-valvular atrial fibrillation in Kenya

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Cryoballoon catheter ablation versus antiarrhythmic drugs as a first-line therapy for patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: Rationale and design of the international Cryo-FIRST study

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Canine atrial fibrillation: Pathophysiology, epidemiology and classification

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Restoring the Autonomic Balance in an Atrial Fibrillation Rat Model by Electroacupuncture at the Neiguan Point

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Atrial fibrillation in patients with cirrhosis

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MicroRNA‑208a‑3p contributes to connexin40 remolding in human chronic atrial fibrillation

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Individualized Ablation Strategy Guided By Live Simultaneous Global Mapping to Treat Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

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Atrial fibrillation and risk of major arrhythmic events in Brugada syndrome: A meta‐analysis

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Hyperuricemia as a Risk Factor for Atrial Fibrillation Due to Soluble and Crystalized Uric Acid

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Temporal Trends of Emergency Department Visits of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A Nationwide Population-Based Study

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Higher baseline cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with lower arrhythmia recurrence and death after atrial fibrillation ablation

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Gender disparity in quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation during the Syrian conflict: An observational cohort study

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PKCβ/NF-κB pathway in diabetic atrial remodeling

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Electrocardiographic biomarkers to predict atrial fibrillation in sinus rhythm electrocardiograms

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Diagnóstico de Fibrilação Atrial na Comunidade Utilizando Eletrocardiograma e Autorrelato: Análise Transversal do ELSA-Brasil

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Implantable Loop Recorder Monitoring and the Incidence of Previously Unrecognized Atrial Fibrillation in Patients on Hemodialysis

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Correlation between the triglyceride-glucose index and the onset of atrial fibrillation in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

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‘What else can I do?’: Insights from atrial fibrillation patient communication online

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Effect of Extensive Ablation on Recurrence in Patients with Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Treated with Pulmonary Vein Isolation (EARNEST-PVI) trial: Design and rationale

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Geometrical Patterning and Constituent Cell Heterogeneity Facilitate Electrical Conduction Disturbances in a Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Based Platform: An In vitro Disease Model of Atrial Arrhythmias

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Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of atrial fibrillation in patients with inherited heart diseases

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Flecainide-induced QRS complex widening correlates with negative inotropy

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Associations of risk factor burden and genetic predisposition with the 10-year risk of atrial fibrillation: observations from a large prospective study of 348,904 participants

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Atrial fibrillation in cancer survivors – a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Impact of intracardiac echocardiography versus transesophageal echocardiography guidance on left atrial appendage occlusion procedures: A meta‐analysis

Díaz, J. C., Bastidas, O., Duque, M., Marín, J. E., Aristizábal, J. M., Niño, C. D., Hoyos, C., Matos, C. D., Gabr, M., Steiger, N. A., et al. (2023) · Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology · doi:10.1111/jce.16118 · Cited by 17

Effectiveness and safety of direct oral anticoagulation vs. warfarin in frail patients with atrial fibrillation

Søgaard, M., Ording, A. G., Skjøth, F., Larsen, T. B., & Nielsen, P. B. (2023) · European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy · doi:10.1093/ehjcvp/pvad091 · Cited by 17

Uso de los anticoagulantes orales de acción directa en atención primaria: Estudio ACTUA

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Involvement of ERK 1/2 in Cx43 depression induced by macrophage migration inhibitory factor in atrial myocytes

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Association between γ-glutamyltransferase level and incidence of atrial fibrillation: A nationwide population-based study

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Interatrial septum versus right atrial appendage pacing for prevention of atrial fibrillation

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Study protocol for S martphone M onitoring for A trial fibrillation in R eal- T ime in India (SMART-India): a community-based screening and referral programme

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Clinical Role of Dominant Frequency Measurements in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation – A Systematic Review

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Prevalence of Atrial Fibrillation in Korean Population

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Lipid Profile and New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (An Observational Study in Southwest of China)

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Cost‐effectiveness analysis of dabigatran, rivaroxaban and warfarin in the prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation in China

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US Antiarrhythmic Drug Treatment for Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: An Insurance Claims–Based Report

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Comparison between Amulet and Watchman left atrial appendage closure devices: A real-world, single center experience

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A Real-World Observational Study of Hospitalization and Health Care Costs Among Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation Patients Prescribed Oral Anticoagulants in the U.S. Medicare Population

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