Atrial fibrillation stands as one of the most common supraventricular arrhythmias. Its incidence in general population has escalated significantly over the last few decades. The health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with atrial fibrillation is currently a vital concern in cardiovascular health management. Accordingly, key elements of meager HRQoL of AF patients demand better clarif...

UNLABELLED TIVES: We postulated a change of angiotensin II receptor subtype expression in patients with lone atrial fibrillation (AF) and AF with underlying mitral valve disease (MVD) both compared with sinus rhythm (SR). BACKGROUND Atrial fibrillation is a progressive disease associated with electrical and structural remodeling. Angiotensin II (ANGII) is involved in the process of myocardial...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) from the ligament/vein of Marshall (LOM/VOM) has previously been described. We report the case of a 23-year-old woman with an antiarrhythmic drug-resistant AF induced by two distinct atrial tachycardias (ATs). Focal ablation of these ATs from the double-exit of the Marshall bundle using a three-dimensional map eliminated AF triggering, even though pulmonary vein electri...

OBJECTIVE Growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) has been identified as a strong biomarker of cardiovascular diseases; however, no evidence are available concerning the relationship of GDF-15 and atrial fibrosis in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD). METHODS Twenty patients with rheumatic heart disease were divided into two groups, 10 cases with AF and...

In Framingham cohort study, C-reactive protein was not associated with incident atrial fibrillation (AF) after adjustment for left atrial size. This study examined whether levels of plasma inflammatory markers would be significant risk factors for failed maze procedure for AF. This study enrolled 88 patients with mitral valve disease undergoing valve surgery (n=32, sinus control group) or conco...

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia; it has been known to increase risk of stroke and heart failure. The association between air pollutants AF remained be controversial. Thus, in this study, we sought undertake a systematic review meta-analysis order assess short- long-term effects ambient pollution on AF.

Background—Low serum magnesium has been linked to increased risk of atrial fibrillation (AF)

Recent studies have demonstrated that atrial fibrillation significantly increases the risk of adverse clinical outcomes in high cardiovascular disease risk subjects. Application of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system blockers for prevention of recurrence of atrial fibrillation and adverse clinical outcomes in subjects with atrial fibrillation is a theoretically appealing concept. However, resu...

Various Doppler-derived parameters of left atrial electrical remodeling have been demonstrated to predict recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF) after AF ablation. The aim of this study was to compare three Doppler-derived measures of atrial conduction time in patients undergoing AF ablation, and to investigate their predictive value for successful procedure. In 32 prospectively enrolled patien...

Background-Few rare variants in atrial fibrillation (AF)-associated genes have been