PAFIB

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PAFIB	Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

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Wang et al., "Assessment of atrial electromechanical coupling and influential factors in nonrheumatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation," Clinical Cardiology, vol.

Assessment of Atrial Conduction Times in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Parkinson's Disease

Comparison of pulmonary vein isolation using cryoballoon artic front advance versus contact force-guided radio frequency for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Canad J Cardiol 2014; 30: S287-S288, doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2014.07.512.

Comparative efficacy and safety of contact force-sensing catheter and second-generation cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis

Point-by-point radiofrequency ablation versus the cryoballoon or a novel combined approach: a randomized trial comparing 3 methods of pulmonary vein isolation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (the Cryo Versus RF Trial).

Outcomes and predictors of recurrences after pulmonary vein isolation by cryoballoon or radiofrequency catheter atrial fibrillation ablation

It also shows an excellent one year arrhythmia-free survival even when accounting for the continuous monitoring strategy, the inclusion of very dilated left atria and the exclusion of patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.

Transvenous before surgical hybrid procedure

Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation may also cause moderate natriuretic peptide increases reflecting atrial dysfunction, even in the absence of ventricular dysfunction (4).

Increased Cardiac Troponin T and N-Terminal B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in a 78-Year-Old Woman Admitted for Dizziness

Malov et al., "Circadian variation of symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; data from almost 10,000 episodes," European Heart Journal, vol.

Daily Variation in the Occurrence of Different Subtypes of Stroke

An enlarged left atrial appendage could be explained by paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, or be an independent risk factor of stroke.

Cryptogenic strokes may find explanation in the heart

Epidemiology data have provided important information about the natural history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF), and its relationship to chronic AF and its adverse effects on long-term mortality.

The unknown known that is atrial fibrillation

P wave dispersion can be used to predict idiopathic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. In normal healthy children, the normal P dispersion has been described as 27.0+-5.4ms.2,3,10 In our study, P dispersion was measured as 30.8+-11.4 ms before the procedure, but changes in the atrial myocardium may become more overt with age because of the continuous pressure and potential volume overload.

Follow-up of P dispersion after transcatheter closure of an atrial septal defect in children

However, a recent study that included patients with asymptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (monitoring electrocardiogram: atrial fibrillation with ventricular rhythm [greater than or equal to] 190b/min for more than 30 seconds) and patients in sinus rhythm showed that paroxysmal atrial fibrillation does not associate with the aggravation of clinical symptomatology or the ventricular remodelling in patients with cardiac resynchronisation therapy.

On cardiac resynchronisation therapy

Interatrial right-to-left conduction in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. J Interv Card Electrophysiol.

Interatrial block: a virtual pandemic requiring attention

Lin et al., "Association of left atrial strain and strain rate assessed by speckle tracking echocardiography with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation," Echocardiography, vol.

Left atrium by echocardiography in clinical practice: from conventional methods to new echocardiographic techniques