BACKGROUND atrial fibrillation (AF) is difficult to cure and significantly affects quality of life was well as emotional status of patients. AIM to evaluate quality of life and depression level in patients with various patterns of AF. METHODS we studied 150 consecutive patients with AF aged 35-83 years, including 61 patients with paroxysmal AF, 46 patients with persistent AF, and 43 patient...

The last decade has seen an unprecedented expansion in the tools, techniques and patients undergoing primary ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF). Initial series reported selected patients with high ectopy burden that allowed targeting of the arrhythmogenic sites [1-3]. However, with the expansion of the patient population undergoing treatment and the available strategies, our challenge remains...

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is heterogeneous at the clinical and molecular levels.

Non-invasive assessment of the fibrillatory frequency of atrial fibrillation (AF) can be performed by frequency domain analysis. The peak frequency in the derived spectrum can be converted to a dominant atrial cycle length (DACL). The DACL can be altered through autonomic modulation or pharmacologic manipulation, but the change in DACL is less marked in those with a short DACL value. In patient...

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During the past 10 years numerous studies on the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) by right and left atrial ablation procedures have been published. The results of studies based on follow-up periods of a few months have been repeatedly interpreted as providing evidence for curative therapy. However, insufficient focus on the variability of the natural history of paroxysmal AF, th...

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...

Cocaine, cannabis, amphetamines and marijuana are the common recreational drugs associated with ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes. The side-effects of acute cannabis intoxication include: (1) psychiatric behavioral abnormalities and increased risk of schizophrenia;[1] (2) cardiovascular tachycardia, supine hypertension, postural hypotension, myocardial infarction, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation ...