Predicting Intermittent Atrial Fibrillation in Outpatient Clinics

Predicting Intermittent Atrial Fibrillation in Outpatient Clinics

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Palpitations are the most common complaint in cardiology outpatient clinics. These palpitations may be derived from paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) and can be easily overlooked. It is unclear whether inter-atrial conduction time (ICT) may predict the paroxysmal AF in out-patients that present with palpitations. We evaluated the ability of the ICT to predict paroxys...

Predicting Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery

Background. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a commonly encountered arrhythmia in clinical practice, and it occurs rquently after cardiac surgery. The P-wave signal-averaged (SA) ECG noninvasively detects atrial conduction delay. Prior studies have described greater P-wave prolongation in patients with a history of AF, but prospective studies have not been performed. Methods and Resuls. Consecutive ...

Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Predicting Recurrence

Impaired quality of life in patients with intermittent atrial fibrillation

OBJECTIVE The quality of life (QoL) is impaired in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). However, the data on the perceived QoL of patients with different types of AF is limited. In this study, we investigated the QoL of patients with intermittent and chronic AF. METHODS The study was designed as an observational cross-sectional study, and 135 consecutive patients with documented AF admitte...

Improving outpatient warfarin use for hospitalized patients with atrial fibrillation

UNLABELLED Atrial fibrillation affects an estimated 5 million Americans and accounts for approximately 15% of all strokes. Few studies have successfully addressed patient screening, assessment, and introduction of appropriate antithrombotic therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation. OBJECTIVE To assess whether an intervention improved planned antithrombotic prescribing at the time of disch...