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Management of atrial fibrillation: two decades of progress — a scientific statement from the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice. The aim of this review was to evaluate the progress made in the management of AF over the two last decades.

Samuel Lévy, Gerhard Steinbeck, Luca Santini… in Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrop… (2022)

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Clinical classification and the subclinical atrial fibrillation challenge: a position paper of the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society

Symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF) or clinical AF is associated with impaired quality of life, higher risk of stroke, heart failure, and increased mortality. Current clinical classification of AF is based on...

Samuel Lévy, Luca Santini, Riccardo Cappato… in Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrop… (2020)

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Authors’ reply concerning the letter by Ensminger et al.

Michael Weis, Gerhard Steinbeck, Bruno Reichart… in Clinical Research in Cardiology (2015)

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Balloon valvuloplasty for treatment of cardiogenic shock in the era of surgical valve replacement and TAVI

Hans D. Theiss, Martin Greif, Gerhard Steinbeck… in Internal and Emergency Medicine (2014)

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Transcatheter Edwards Sapien XT valve in valve implantation in degenerated aortic bioprostheses via transfemoral access

Surgical treatment of degenerated aortic bioprostheses is associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality, especially in elderly patients with significant co-morbidities. Therefore, transcatheter ...

Martin Greif, Philipp Lange, Helmut Mair… in Clinical Research in Cardiology (2012)

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Meta-analysis identifies six new susceptibility loci for atrial fibrillation

Patrick Ellinor and colleagues report a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for atrial fibrillation in European populations. They identify six newly associated loci, four of which were replicated ...

Patrick T Ellinor, Kathryn L Lunetta, Christine M Albert… in Nature Genetics (2012)

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Common variants in KCNN3 are associated with lone atrial fibrillation

Patrick Ellinor and colleagues report a genome-wide association study identifying variants in KCNN3 associated to lone atrial fibrillation.

Patrick T Ellinor, Kathryn L Lunetta, Nicole L Glazer, Arne Pfeufer… in Nature Genetics (2010)

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Variants in ZFHX3 are associated with atrial fibrillation in individuals of European ancestry

Emelia Benjamin and colleagues report a meta-analysis of genome-wide association study data for atrial fibrillation, a condition associated with stroke and heart failure, in five European community-based cohor...

Emelia J Benjamin, Kenneth M Rice, Dan E Arking, Arne Pfeufer… in Nature Genetics (2009)

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Current state of knowledge and experts’ perspective on the subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

ICD implantation is today a well-recognized therapy to prevent sudden cardiac death. The available implantable devices at present need the use of permanent endocavitary leads which may cause, in some instances...

Massimo Santini, Riccardo Cappato… in Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrop… (2009)

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Common variants at ten loci modulate the QT interval duration in the QTSCD Study

Arne Pfeufer, Aravinda Chakravarti and colleagues from the QTSCD consortium report genetic associations influencing the QT interval duration, a measure of cardiac repolarization which is a risk factor for sudd...

Arne Pfeufer, Serena Sanna, Dan E Arking, Martina Müller, Vesela Gateva… in Nature Genetics (2009)

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Detection of significant coronary artery stenosis with 64-slice computed tomography in heart transplant recipients: a comparative study with conventional coronary angiography

Purpose The present study evaluates clinical feasibility of cardiac multidetector computed tomography angiography (MDCTA) to detect significant stenosis of coronary vessels due to transpl...

Franz von Ziegler, Alexander W. Leber… in The International Journal of Cardiovascula… (2009)

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The German Competence Network on Atrial Fibrillation (AFNET)

The German Competence Network on Atrial Fibrillation (AFNET) is an interdisciplinary national research network funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) since 2003. The AFNET aims at impr...

Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Günter Breithardt, Dobromir Dobrev… in Herz Kardiovaskuläre Erkrankungen (2008)

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Characteristics of coronary plaques before angiographic progression determined by Multi-Slice CT

The aim of the present study was to characterize coronary plaques by Multi-Slice Computed Tomography (Siemens sensation 16, Forcheim, Germany) before significant angiographic progression occurred and to compar...

Alexander W. Leber, Franz von Ziegler… in The International Journal of Cardiovascula… (2008)

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Cardiac sarcoidosis concealed by arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy

A definitive diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis relies on the results of endomyocardial biopsy. In this Case Study Greif et al. describe a patient whose biopsy was negative for sarcoidosis—leading to a diagnosis of...

Martin Greif, Paraskevi Petrakopoulou… in Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Me… (2008)