Left atrial function to identify patients with atrial fibrillation at high risk of stroke: new insights from a large registry

2016 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS

(2016) Paulus Kirchhof et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Stroke Risk Factors Beyond the CHA2DS2-VASc Score: Can We Improve Our Identification of “High Stroke Risk” Patients With Atrial Fibrillation?

(2015) Filip M. Szymanski et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Patients with atrial fibrillation and CHA2DS2-VASc score 1: “To anticoagulate or not to anticoagulate? That is the question!”

(2015) Giuseppe Patti et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Oral Anticoagulation, Aspirin, or No Therapy in Patients With Nonvalvular AF With 0 or 1 Stroke Risk Factor Based on the CHA2DS2-VASc Score

(2015) Gregory Y.H. Lip et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Left Atrial Strain Provides Incremental Value for Embolism Risk Stratification over CHA2DS2-VASc Score and Indicates Prognostic Impact in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

(2014) Masaru Obokata et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Association of the CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc scores with left atrial enlargement: a prospective cohort study of unselected atrial fibrillation patients

(2014) Anna Hrynkiewicz-Szymanska et al.   JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND THROMBOLYSIS

Causes of Death and Influencing Factors in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

(2013) Eloi Marijon et al.   CIRCULATION

Worldwide Epidemiology of Atrial Fibrillation

(2013) Sumeet S. Chugh et al.   CIRCULATION

Correlation Between Total Atrial Conduction Time Estimated via Tissue Doppler Imaging (PA-TDI Interval), Structural Atrial Remodeling and New-Onset of Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery

(2013) PATRICK MÜLLER et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

The Role of Echocardiography in Thromboembolic Risk Assessment of Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

(2013) Rui Providência et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Left Atrial Deformation Analysis by Speckle Tracking Echocardiography for Prediction of Cardiovascular Outcomes

(2012) Matteo Cameli et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Evaluation of risk stratification schemes for ischaemic stroke and bleeding in 182 678 patients with atrial fibrillation: the Swedish Atrial Fibrillation cohort study

(2012) Leif Friberg et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

2012 focused update of the ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation

(2012) et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Prolonged Atrium Electromechanical Interval Is Associated with Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation After Catheter Ablation

(2012) TZE-FAN CHAO et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Predictive value of total atrial conduction time measured with tissue Doppler imaging for postoperative atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass surgery

(2012) Mehmet Fatih Özlü et al.   JOURNAL OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Left Atrial Strain Is Reduced in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation, Stroke or TIA, and Low Risk CHADS2 Scores

(2012) Talhat Azemi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

The value of the CHA2DS2-VASc score for refining stroke risk stratification in patients with atrial fibrillation with a CHADS2 score 0–1: A nationwide cohort study

(2012) Christian Torp-Pedersen et al.   THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS

Current and Evolving Echocardiographic Techniques for the Quantitative Evaluation of Cardiac Mechanics: ASE/EAE Consensus Statement on Methodology and Indications Endorsed by the Japanese Society of Echocardiography

(2011) V. Mor-Avi et al.   European Journal of Echocardiography

Impact of left atrial fibrosis and left atrial size on the outcome of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

(2011) D. W. den Uijl et al.   HEART

Association of Decreased Left Atrial Strain and Strain Rate with Stroke in Chronic Atrial Fibrillation

(2011) Jhih-Yuan Shih et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Global Left Atrial Strain Correlates with CHADS2 Risk Score in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

(2011) Samir K. Saha et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

A comparison of risk stratification schemes for stroke in 79 884 atrial fibrillation patients in general practice

(2010) T. P. VAN STAA et al.   JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS

Guidelines for the Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack

(2010) Karen L. Furie et al.   STROKE

Refining Clinical Risk Stratification for Predicting Stroke and Thromboembolism in Atrial Fibrillation Using a Novel Risk Factor-Based Approach

(2009) Gregory Y.H. Lip et al.   CHEST

Atrial Remodeling and Atrial Fibrillation

(2008) Stanley Nattel et al.   Circulation-Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Atrial tissue Doppler imaging for prediction of new-onset atrial fibrillation

(2008) C B De Vos et al.   HEART