Upstream Effect for Atrial Fibrillation: Still a Dilemma?

Risk for Incident Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Who Receive Antihypertensive Drugs

(2013) Beat A. Schaer   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Absence of protective effect of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors on atrial fibrillation development: Insights from the Canadian Trial of Atrial Fibrillation (CTAF)

(2011) Maryse Palardy et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Antihypertensive Treatment With ACE Inhibitors or  -Blockers and Risk of Incident Atrial Fibrillation in a General Hypertensive Population

(2009) S. R. Heckbert et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation by Way of Abrogation of the Renin-Angiotensin System: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

(2009) Mhamad B Jibrini et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF THERAPEUTICS

Effects of Preoperative Statin Treatment on the Incidence of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

(2009) Antonio Miceli et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Glucocorticoid Use and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation or Flutter

(2009) Christian Fynbo Christiansen   ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Serum Long-Chain n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Risk of Hospital Diagnosis of Atrial Fibrillation in Men

(2009) Jyrki K. Virtanen et al.   CIRCULATION

Effect of Preoperative Atorvastatin Therapy on Atrial Fibrillation Following Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

(2009) Qiang Ji et al.   CIRCULATION JOURNAL

Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation Does Not Reduce Risk of Atrial Fibrillation After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

(2009) Palaniappan Saravanan et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Atorvastatin and persistent atrial fibrillation following cardioversion: a randomized placebo-controlled multicentre study

(2009) H. Almroth et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Effects of rosuvastatin on atrial fibrillation occurrence: ancillary results of the GISSI-HF trial

(2009) A. P. Maggioni et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Long-Term Effects of Upstream Therapy on Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Without Overt Heart Diseases

(2009) Yoshiyuki Hirayama et al.   International Heart Journal

Long-Term Efficacy of Upstream Therapy Using Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Statins in Combination With Antiarrhythmic Agents for the Treatment of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

(2009) Takashi Komatsu et al.   International Heart Journal

Dose dependent effect of statins on postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery among patients treated with beta blockers

(2009) Salima Mithani et al.   Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

The efficacy and dosage effect of corticosteroids for the prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: A systematic review

(2009) Paul E. Marik et al.   JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE

Reduced incidence of new-onset atrial fibrillation with angiotensin II receptor blockade: the VALUE trial

(2009) Roland E Schmieder et al.   JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

Atrial Fibrillation at Baseline and During Follow-Up in ALLHAT (Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial)

(2009) L. Julian Haywood et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Effects of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Therapy on Clinical Outcome in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

(2009) Antonio Miceli et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Statins for prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: A systematic literature review

(2009) Oliver J. Liakopoulos et al.   JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Valsartan for Prevention of Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation

(2009)   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Effects of Rosuvastatin on Asymmetric Dimethylarginine Levels and Early Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence after Electrical Cardioversion

(2009) WEI XIA et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Beneficial Effects of Intravenously Administered N-3 Fatty Acids for the Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Study

(2009) M. Heidt et al.   THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON

Effect of statin dose on incidence of atrial fibrillation: Data from the Pravastatin or Atorvastatin Evaluation and Infection Therapy–Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction 22 (PROVE IT–TIMI 22) and Aggrastat to Zocor (A to Z) trials

(2008) Dalton S. McLean et al.   AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL

The effects of atorvastatin on the occurrence of postoperative atrial fibrillation after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

(2008) Young Bin Song et al.   AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL

Effect of Statins on Collagen Type I Degradation in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease and Atrial Fibrillation

(2008) Dimitrios N. Tziakas et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Effect of Valsartan and Ramipril on Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence and P-wave dispersion in Hypertensive Patients With Recurrent Symptomatic Lone Atrial Fibrillation

(2008) R. Fogari et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

Dose-Related Effect of Statins on Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery

(2008) Antonios Kourliouros et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids inhibit transient outward and ultra-rapid delayed rectifier K+currents and Na+current in human atrial myocytes

(2008) Gui-Rong Li et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation With 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase Inhibitors

(2008) Oliver Adam et al.   CIRCULATION

Impact of preoperative statin therapy on adverse postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of over 30 000 patients

(2008) Oliver J. Liakopoulos et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Clinical benefit of steroid use in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass: a meta-analysis of randomized trials

(2008) R. P. Whitlock et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation reduces one-year risk of atrial fibrillation in patients hospitalized with myocardial infarction

(2008) Alejandro Macchia et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Combination Therapy With Amiodarone and Enalapril in Patients With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Prevents the Development of Structural Atrial Remodeling

(2008) Takashi Komatsu et al.   International Heart Journal

The association between previous statin use and development of atrial fibrillation in patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome

(2008) Mehmet Ozaydin et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Preoperative statin intake and morbid events after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting

(2008) Kathirvel Subramaniam et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ANESTHESIA

Extracellular Matrix Alterations in Patients With Paroxysmal and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

(2008) Eleftherios M. Kallergis et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Antiarrhythmic Effect of Statin Therapy and Atrial Fibrillation

(2008) Laurent Fauchier et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Prevention of Recurrent Lone Atrial Fibrillation by the Angiotensin-II Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Ramipril in Normotensive Patients

(2008) Fabio Belluzzi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Preoperative statins for the prevention of atrial fibrillation after cardiothoracic surgery

(2008) Kirkeith Lertsburapa et al.   JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Telmisartan, Ramipril, or Both in Patients at High Risk for Vascular Events

(2008)   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Preoperative statin therapy is not associated with a decrease in the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery

(2007) Salim S. Virani et al.   AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL

Statin use and development of atrial fibrillation: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials and observational studies

(2007) Tong Liu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY