significantly improves sinus rhythm maintenance in patients suffering from persistent atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is when the heart's upper chambers beat irregularly and often ...
The presence of atrial fibrillation promotes the development of atrial thrombus, and consequently increases the risk of stroke five-fold. Vitamin K antagonists, most notable among which is ...
The addition of linear ablation plus ethanol infusion to pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) improves control of persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) better than PVI alone, a multicenter randomized ...
In athletes with persistent AF, the approach is dependent on the duration of the atrial fibrillation. The key concern with cardioversion in persistent AF is the risk of systemic embolisation. If the ...