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ESC guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS

Paulus Kirchhof, +3 more
- Vol. 70, Iss: 1, pp 1-84
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The article was published on 2017-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 3603 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Management of atrial fibrillation.

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Efficacy of the optimal ablation index–targeted strategy for pulmonary vein isolation in patients with atrial fibrillation: the OPTIMUM study results

TL;DR: Optimal AI-targeted PVI is feasible and could improve the acute outcome in patients with AF and compared the acute PVR rate between the CON group and the OAI group to demonstrate the efficacy of AI-guided PVI.
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Creation and Implementation of an Outpatient Pathway for Atrial Fibrillation in the Emergency Department Setting: Results of an Expert Panel

TL;DR: An expert panel was convened to create a practical framework for the process of creating, implementing, and maintaining an outpatient AF pathway for emergency physicians to assess and treat AF patients, safely reduce hospitalization rates, ensure appropriate stroke prophylaxis, and effectively transition patients to longitudinal outpatient treatment settings from the ED and/or observation unit.
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Restarting oral anticoagulant therapy after major bleeding in atrial fibrillation: A systematic review and meta-analysis

TL;DR: Restarting OAC therapy after a major bleeding event in AF was associated with a positive clinical benefit when compared to non-restarted OAC, with a significant reduction in any thromboembolism and all-cause mortality.
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Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Clinical Significance and Impact on Prognosis

TL;DR: Clinicians should be alert to the possibility of PE in patients with previous history of AF or presenting with new-onset AF, and whether AF is an independent mortality risk factor or whether it occurs as a result of comorbidities or the severity of a PE episode.
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2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension: The Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

Giuseppe Mancia, +89 more
TL;DR: In this article, a randomized controlled trial of Aliskiren in the Prevention of Major Cardiovascular Events in Elderly people was presented. But the authors did not discuss the effect of the combination therapy in patients living with systolic hypertension.
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Classification of subtype of acute ischemic stroke. Definitions for use in a multicenter clinical trial. TOAST. Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment

TL;DR: The TOAST stroke subtype classification system is easy to use and has good interobserver agreement and should allow investigators to report responses to treatment among important subgroups of patients with ischemic stroke.
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Spontaneous Initiation of Atrial Fibrillation by Ectopic Beats Originating in the Pulmonary Veins

TL;DR: The pulmonary veins are an important source of ectopic beats, initiating frequent paroxysms of atrial fibrillation and these foci respond to treatment with radio-frequency ablation.
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