Atrial Fibrillation Burden Signature and Near-Term Prediction of Stroke

New Appraisal of Atrial Fibrillation Burden and Stroke Prevention.

[Atrial fibrillation and stroke].

BACKGROUND More than 70,000 Norwegians have atrial fibrillation, which is a major risk factor for ischemic stroke. A large proportion of ischemic strokes caused by atrial fibrillation could be prevented if patients receive optimal prophylactic treatment. This article describes the risk for ischemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation, and discusses who should receive prophylactic treatm...

Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke

Cardioembolism, responsible for approximately one-third of cerebral infarctions in Japan, causes serious cerebral infarction with poor prognosis. Nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) is the most important cause of cardioembolism. Both the occurrence of NVAF and the frequency of its progression to cerebral infarction increase with age. Timely introduction of warfarin depending on the presence ...

Atrial Fibrillation , Stroke ,

Background and Purpose—The aim of this study was to investigate the association between atrial fibrillation (AF), stroke, dementia, and their correlation with brain pathology in subjects aged 85 years or older. Methods—This is a prospective 9-year follow-up population based study in Vantaa, a town in Southern Finland; 553 subjects (92% of the total population) aged 85 years or older were clinic...

The Concept of "Burden" in Atrial Fibrillation.

Over the last decade or so the term "burden" has become frequently encountered in manuscripts discussing atrial fibrillation (AF). AF "burden" is perhaps most commonly encountered in the electrophysiological context - the amount of time the patient is in AF out of the total monitored time (i.e., the percent of time one is in AF). However, "burden" in AF may also be used in other contexts, which...