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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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Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion for The Unmet Clinical Needs of Stroke Prevention in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

TL;DR: A review focuses on the growing literature to put into perspective the risk‐balance ratio of left atrial appendage occlusion and the risk of stroke prevention in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.
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Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: current indications and evolving technologies

TL;DR: Catheter ablation is currently indicated only for symptom relief but evidence suggests that it might be indicated for mortality reduction in patients with comorbid AF and heart failure, as well as in selected asymptomatic patients after appropriate discussion and evaluation.
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Atrial Fibrillation in Older People: Concepts and Controversies

TL;DR: Light is shed on common misconceptions that appear to serve as rationale for precluding OAC and clinical considerations that may aid OAC prescription decisions where appropriate are focused on to optimize AF management using an integrated, multi-disciplinary care approach.
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Oxidative stress and atrial fibrillation: an update.

TL;DR: An updated review provides a concise and critical overview of all available data regarding oxidative stress and its modulation in atrial fibrillation and suggests lifestyle, diet, and risk factors modification is a complementary promising approach.
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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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