Defining the major health modifiers causing atrial fibrillation: a roadmap to underpin personalized prevention and treatment

Atrial fibrillation and rapid acute pacing regulate adipocyte/adipositas-related gene expression in the atria

(2015) R.K. Chilukoti et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Clinical value of assessment of left atrial late gadolinium enhancement in patients undergoing ablation of atrial fibrillation

(2015) Marek Sramko et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Electrophysiological, Electroanatomical, and Structural Remodeling of the Atria as Consequences of Sustained Obesity

(2015) Rajiv Mahajan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Long-Term Effect of Goal-Directed Weight Management in an Atrial Fibrillation Cohort

(2015) Rajeev K. Pathak et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Standard versus atrial fibrillation-specific management strategy (SAFETY) to reduce recurrent admission and prolong survival: pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled trial

(2015) Simon Stewart et al.   LANCET

50 year trends in atrial fibrillation prevalence, incidence, risk factors, and mortality in the Framingham Heart Study: a cohort study

(2015) Renate B Schnabel et al.   LANCET

Inflammation and the pathogenesis of atrial fibrillation

(2015) Yu-Feng Hu et al.   Nature Reviews Cardiology

Prospective National Study of the Prevalence, Incidence, Management and Outcome of a Large Contemporary Cohort of Patients With Incident Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation

(2015) M. Haim et al.   Journal of the American Heart Association

Cellular and Molecular Electrophysiology of Atrial Fibrillation Initiation, Maintenance, and Progression

(2014) Jordi Heijman et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

The European Heart Rhythm Association symptom classification for atrial fibrillation: validation and improvement through a simple modification

(2014) G. J. Wynn et al.   EUROPACE

Of hammers and screws: renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibition to prevent atrial fibrillation in patients with hypertension

(2014) P. Kirchhof et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Atrial fibrillation is associated with different levels of physical activity levels at different ages in men

(2014) Nikola Drca et al.   HEART

Colchicine suppresses atrial fibrillation in failing heart

(2014) Rahul Singhal et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Association of Atrial Tissue Fibrosis Identified by Delayed Enhancement MRI and Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation

(2014) Nassir F. Marrouche et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Colchicine for Prevention of Postpericardiotomy Syndrome and Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation

(2014) Massimo Imazio et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Tachycardia-induced silencing of subcellular Ca2+ signaling in atrial myocytes

(2014) Maura Greiser et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Clinical Classifications of Atrial Fibrillation Poorly Reflect Its Temporal Persistence

(2014) Efstratios I. Charitos et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

(2014) Craig T. January et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Cryptogenic Stroke and Underlying Atrial Fibrillation

(2014) Tommaso Sanna et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Arrhythmias, elicited by catecholamines and serotonin, vanish in human chronic atrial fibrillation

(2014) T. Christ et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Atrial fibrosis in a chronic murine model of obstructive sleep apnea: mechanisms and prevention by mesenchymal stem cells

(2014) Pablo Ramos et al.   RESPIRATORY RESEARCH

CMR-Guided Approach to Localize and Ablate Gaps in Repeat AF Ablation Procedure

(2014) Felipe Bisbal et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

Lifelong patterns of BMI and cardiovascular phenotype in individuals aged 60–64 years in the 1946 British birth cohort study: an epidemiological study

(2014) Marietta Charakida et al.   Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Improving outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation: Rationale and design of the Early treatment of Atrial fibrillation for Stroke prevention Trial

(2013) Paulus Kirchhof et al.   AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL

MicroRNA29

(2013) Kristin Dawson et al.   CIRCULATION

Causes of Death and Influencing Factors in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

(2013) Eloi Marijon et al.   CIRCULATION

Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Atrial Arrhythmogenesis in Patients With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

(2013) Niels Voigt et al.   CIRCULATION

Evaluation and Reduction of Asymptomatic Cerebral Embolism in Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation, But High Prevalence of Chronic Silent Infarction

(2013) Atul Verma et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Management of atrial fibrillation in seven European countries after the publication of the 2010 ESC Guidelines on atrial fibrillation: primary results of the PREvention oF thromboemolic events—European Registry in Atrial Fibrillation (PREFER in AF)

(2013) Paulus Kirchhof et al.   EUROPACE

A prospective survey in European Society of Cardiology member countries of atrial fibrillation management: baseline results of EURObservational Research Programme Atrial Fibrillation (EORP-AF) Pilot General Registry

(2013) Gregory Y.H. Lip et al.   EUROPACE

Personalized management of atrial fibrillation: Proceedings from the fourth Atrial Fibrillation competence NETwork/European Heart Rhythm Association consensus conference

(2013) P. Kirchhof et al.   EUROPACE

A proposal for interdisciplinary, nurse-coordinated atrial fibrillation expert programmes as a way to structure daily practice

(2013) Dana Berti et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Human epicardial adipose tissue induces fibrosis of the atrial myocardium through the secretion of adipo-fibrokines

(2013) Nicolas Venteclef et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide as a predictor of incident atrial fibrillation in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis: the effects of age, sex and ethnicity

(2013) Kristen K Patton et al.   HEART

Prevalence of atrial arrhythmias in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy

(2013) Christian F. Camm et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Automated analysis of atrial late gadolinium enhancement imaging that correlates with endocardial voltage and clinical outcomes: A 2-center study

(2013) L.C. Malcolme-Lawes et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Effect of Weight Reduction and Cardiometabolic Risk Factor Management on Symptom Burden and Severity in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

(2013) Hany S. Abed et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Autonomic Denervation Added to Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

(2013) Demosthenes G. Katritsis et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Atrial Fibrillation Promotion by Endurance Exercise

(2013) Eduard Guasch et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Shear stress triggers insertion of voltage-gated potassium channels from intracellular compartments in atrial myocytes

(2013) H. E. Boycott et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Atrial Fibrillation, Stroke Risk, and Warfarin Therapy Revisited

(2013) Staffan Björck et al.   STROKE

Whole Genome Expression Differences in Human Left and Right Atria Ascertained by RNA Sequencing

(2012) Jeffrey Hsu et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Genetics

Nurse-led care vs. usual care for patients with atrial fibrillation: results of a randomized trial of integrated chronic care vs. routine clinical care in ambulatory patients with atrial fibrillation

(2012) J. M. L. Hendriks et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

CHADS2 score and risk of new-onset atrial fibrillation: A nationwide cohort study in Taiwan

(2012) Tze-Fan Chao et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Colchicine for Prevention of Early Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence After Pulmonary Vein Isolation

(2012) Spyridon Deftereos et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Symptomatic Response to Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy Is Modulated by a Common Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in Atrial Fibrillation

(2012) Babar Parvez et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Short-term versus long-term antiarrhythmic drug treatment after cardioversion of atrial fibrillation (Flec-SL): a prospective, randomised, open-label, blinded endpoint assessment trial

(2012) Paulus Kirchhof et al.   LANCET

Meta-analysis identifies six new susceptibility loci for atrial fibrillation

(2012) Patrick T Ellinor et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Dynamic of Ion Channel Expression at the Plasma Membrane of Cardiomyocytes

(2012) Elise Balse et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Continuous Low-Level Vagus Nerve Stimulation Reduces Stellate Ganglion Nerve Activity and Paroxysmal Atrial Tachyarrhythmias in Ambulatory Canines

(2011) Mark J. Shen et al.   CIRCULATION

Atrial Sources of Reactive Oxygen Species Vary With the Duration and Substrate of Atrial Fibrillation

(2011) Svetlana N. Reilly et al.   CIRCULATION

Chronic Kidney Disease Is Associated With the Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation

(2011) Alvaro Alonso et al.   CIRCULATION

Angiotensin II-Antagonist in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation (ANTIPAF) Trial

(2011) Andreas Goette et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

PITX2c Is Expressed in the Adult Left Atrium, and Reducing Pitx2c Expression Promotes Atrial Fibrillation Inducibility and Complex Changes in Gene Expression

(2011) Paulus Kirchhof et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Genetics

Management of atrial fibrillation by primary care physicians in Germany: baseline results of the ATRIUM registry

(2011) Thomas Meinertz et al.   Clinical Research in Cardiology

Recent advances in the molecular pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation

(2011) Reza Wakili et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Myocardial Redox State Predicts In-Hospital Clinical Outcome After Cardiac Surgery

(2011) Charalambos Antoniades et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Atrial Fibrillation: A Translational Appraisal

(2011) Ulrich Schotten et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Comprehensive risk reduction in patients with atrial fibrillation: Emerging diagnostic and therapeutic options

(2011) Gregory Lip et al.   THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS

The role of pulmonary veins vs. autonomic ganglia in different experimental substrates of canine atrial fibrillation

(2010) Kunihiro Nishida et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

Time course and mechanisms of endo-epicardial electrical dissociation during atrial fibrillation in the goat

(2010) Jens Eckstein et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

Pericardial Fat Is Associated With Prevalent Atrial Fibrillation

(2010) George Thanassoulis et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Cardiostim Editorial

(2010) A. J. Camm   EUROPACE

Pitx2 prevents susceptibility to atrial arrhythmias by inhibiting left-sided pacemaker specification

(2010) J. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Close bidirectional relationship between chronic kidney disease and atrial fibrillation: The Niigata preventive medicine study

(2009) Hiroshi Watanabe et al.   AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL

Valsartan for Prevention of Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation

(2009)   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Long-term endurance sport practice increases the incidence of lone atrial fibrillation in men: a follow-up study

(2008) Lluis Molina et al.   EUROPACE

Autonomic trigger patterns and anti-arrhythmic treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: data from the Euro Heart Survey

(2008) C. B. de Vos et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Atrial Arrhythmias in Long-QT Syndrome under Daily Life Conditions: A Nested Case Control Study

(2008) STEPHAN ZELLERHOFF et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

New Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Based Method for Defining the Extent of Left Atrial Wall Injury After the Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

(2008) Christopher J. McGann et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY