Cardiac tachyarrhythmias and patient values and preferences for their management: the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) consensus document endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), and Sociedad Latinoamericana de Estimulación Cardíaca y Electrofisiología (SOLEACE)

Antiarrhythmic Drug Use in Patients

(2015) Nancy M. Allen LaPointe et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Patient Guide for Taking the Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants for Atrial Fibrillation

(2015) D. A. Lane et al.   CIRCULATION

Developing an Atrial Fibrillation Guideline Support Tool (AFGuST) for shared decision making

(2015) Mark H. Eckman et al.   CURRENT MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OPINION

Asymptomatic ventricular premature depolarizations are not necessarily benign

(2015) Kyoung-Min Park et al.   EUROPACE

Radiofrequency ablation as initial therapy in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: results on health-related quality of life and symptom burden. The MANTRA-PAF trial

(2015) H. Walfridsson et al.   EUROPACE

Quality of life in pediatric patients affected by electrophysiologic disease

(2015) Richard J. Czosek et al.   HEART RHYTHM

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

Safety and efficacy of well managed warfarin

(2015) Vilhelm Sjögren et al.   THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS

Reasons for warfarin discontinuation in the Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (ORBIT-AF)

(2014) Emily C. O’Brien et al.   AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL

Shared Decision Making in Atrial Fibrillation

(2014) Luke Seaburg et al.   CIRCULATION

Best Practice for Atrial Fibrillation Patient Education

(2014) Deirdre Lane et al.   CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL DESIGN

Quality-of-life benefits of catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation: a reanalysis of data from the SARA study

(2014) G. J. Wynn et al.   EUROPACE

Patient reported outcome measures for cardiac ablation procedures: a multicentre pilot to develop a new questionnaire

(2014) K. L. Withers et al.   EUROPACE

EHRA/EAPCI expert consensus statement on catheter-based left atrial appendage occlusion

(2014) B. Meier et al.   EUROPACE

The effect of cardiac genetic testing on psychological well-being and illness perceptions

(2014) Kathleen T. Hickey et al.   HEART & LUNG

Patients’ experiences from symptom onset to initial treatment for atrial fibrillation

(2014) Pamela J McCabe et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING

Characteristics associated with anxiety, depressive symptoms, and quality-of-life in a large cohort of implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients

(2014) Ingela Thylén et al.   JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH

Psychological Indices as Predictors for Phantom Shocks in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Recipients

(2014) ANNEMIEKE STARRENBURG et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Patients' Perspective on Deactivation of the Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Near the End of Life

(2013) Susanne S. Pedersen et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Factors Affecting Quality of Anticoagulation Control Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation on Warfarin

(2013) Stavros Apostolakis et al.   CHEST

Deactivation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: results of patient surveys

(2013) D. Herman et al.   EUROPACE

Safe drug use in long QT syndrome and Brugada syndrome: comparison of website statistics

(2013) Pieter G. Postema et al.   EUROPACE

Current strategy for treatment of patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and asymptomatic preexcitation in Europe: European Heart Rhythm Association survey

(2013) J. H. Svendsen et al.   EUROPACE

Bleeding risk during oral anticoagulation therapy for atrial fibrillation

(2013) P. Gallego et al.   EUROPACE

Phantom shocks in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillator: results from a randomized rehabilitation trial (COPE-ICD)

(2013) S. K. Berg et al.   EUROPACE

Comorbidity burden is associated with poor psychological well-being and physical health status in patients with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

(2013) Madelein T. Hoogwegt et al.   EUROPACE

Role of electrical storm as a mortality and morbidity risk factor and its clinical predictors: a meta-analysis

(2013) F. Guerra et al.   EUROPACE

Cost-effectiveness of a specialized atrial fibrillation clinic vs. usual care in patients with atrial fibrillation

(2013) J. Hendriks 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

Depression in paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation patients: a cross-sectional comparison of patients enroled in two large clinical trials†

(2013) Alexander F. von Eisenhart Rothe et al.   EUROPACE

Executive summary: HRS/EHRA/APHRS expert consensus statement on the diagnosis and management of patients with inherited primary arrhythmia syndromes

(2013) Silvia G. Priori et al.   EUROPACE

Atrial fibrillation and the 'other drug problem': reducing non-adherence with technology

(2013) E. Nerini et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Catheter ablation vs. antiarrhythmic drug treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation: a multicentre, randomized, controlled trial (SARA study)

(2013) Lluís Mont et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Predictors and prognostic implications of incident heart failure following the first diagnosis of atrial fibrillation in patients with structurally normal hearts: the Belgrade Atrial Fibrillation Study

(2013) Tatjana S. Potpara et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE

Atrial fibrillation: Profile and burden of an evolving epidemic in the 21st century

(2013) Jocasta Ball et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

The atrial fibrillation knowledge scale: Development, validation and results

(2013) Jeroen M.L. Hendriks et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Psychological wellbeing and posttraumatic stress associated with implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy in young adults with genetic heart disease

(2013) Jodie Ingles et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Psychological Distress in Patients Diagnosed With Atrial Fibrillation

(2013) Pamela J. McCabe   Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Living With Atrial Fibrillation

(2013) Pamela J. McCabe et al.   Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Edoxaban versus Warfarin in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

(2013) Robert P. Giugliano et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Educational Intervention Improves Anticoagulation Control in Atrial Fibrillation Patients: The TREAT Randomised Trial

(2013) Danielle E. Clarkesmith et al.   PLoS One

Atrial fibrillation as a risk factor for cognitive impairment: a semi-systematic review

(2013) S. Udompanich et al.   QJM-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Vitamin K antagonists in heart disease: Current status and perspectives (Section III)

(2013) Raffaele Caterina et al.   THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS

Evaluation of patients’ attitudes towards stroke prevention and bleeding risk in atrial fibrillation

(2013) Steffi Regpala et al.   THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS

Use of an interdisciplinary, participatory design approach to develop a usable patient self-assessment tool in atrial fibrillation

(2013) Lori MacCallum et al.   Patient Preference and Adherence

Patient preferences at ten years following initial diagnosis of atrial fibrillation: the Belgrade Atrial Fibrillation Study

(2013) Tatjana Potpara et al.   Patient Preference and Adherence

Features and Outcomes of Patients Who Underwent Cardiac Device Deactivation

(2013) Lillian C. Buchhalter et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Non-compliance with digoxin in patients with heart failure and/or atrial fibrillation: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

(2012) Chuenjid Kongkaew et al.   Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases

Patient Values and Preferences in Decision Making for Antithrombotic Therapy: A Systematic Review

(2012) Samantha MacLean et al.   CHEST

Warfarin Management

(2012) Henry I. Bussey et al.   CIRCULATION

Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation

(2012) Christian T. Ruff   CIRCULATION

Shock and Patient Preimplantation Type D Personality Are Associated With Poor Health Status in Patients With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator

(2012) Susanne S. Pedersen et al.  

Poor health status and distress in cardiac patients: the role of device therapy vs. underlying heart disease

(2012) Mirela Habibović et al.   EUROPACE

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

(2012) et al.   EUROPACE

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

Patients’ well-being: experience and actions in their preventing and handling of atrial fibrillation

(2012) Helena Ekblad et al.   European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Development and validation of a new Arrhythmia-Specific questionnaire in Tachycardia and Arrhythmia (ASTA) with focus on symptom burden

(2012) Ulla Walfridsson et al.   Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

The prognostic significance of premature ventricular complexes in adults without clinically apparent heart disease: a meta-analysis and systematic review

(2012) Victor Lee et al.   HEART

PACES/HRS Expert Consensus Statement on the Management of the Asymptomatic Young Patient with a Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW, Ventricular Preexcitation) Electrocardiographic Pattern

(2012) Mitchell I. Cohen et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Sustained High Quality of Life in a 5-Year Long Term Follow-up after Successful Ablation for Supra-Ventricular Tachycardia. Results from a large Retrospective Patient Cohort

(2012) Axel Meissner et al.   International Journal of Medical Sciences

Effect of Anxiety and Depression on the Recurrence of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation After Circumferential Pulmonary Vein Ablation

(2012) SHENGBO YU et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Psychopathology and Symptoms of Atrial Fibrillation: Implications for Therapy

(2012) ANIL K. GEHI et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Medication issues experienced by patients and carers after discharge from the intensive care unit

(2012) Heleen Eijsbroek et al.   JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE

Quality of Life and Functional Capacity in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Congestive Heart Failure

(2012) Irina Suman-Horduna et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Incidence and predictors of phantom shocks in implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients

(2012) K. Kraaier et al.   Netherlands Heart Journal

Relation of Symptomatic Heart Failure and Psychological Status to Persistent Depression in Patients With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator

(2011) Susanne S. Pedersen et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Relation of Atrial and/or Ventricular Premature Complexes on a Two-Minute Rhythm Strip to the Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death (the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities [ARIC] Study)

(2011) Pramil Cheriyath et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

One-Year Treatment Persistence and Potential Adverse Events Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Treated With Amiodarone or Sotalol: A Retrospective Claims Database Analysis

(2011) Michael H. Kim et al.   CLINICAL THERAPEUTICS

Bleeding risk assessment and management in atrial fibrillation patients: a position document from the European Heart Rhythm Association, endorsed by the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Thrombosis

(2011) G. Y. H. Lip et al.   EUROPACE

General anxiety, depression, and physical health in relation to symptoms of heart-focused anxiety- a cross sectional study among patients living with the risk of serious arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death

(2011) Anniken Hamang et al.   Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Impact of radiofrequency ablation on health-related quality of life in patients with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia compared with a norm population one year after treatment

(2011) Ulla Walfridsson et al.   HEART & LUNG

Pre implantation psychological functioning preserved in majority of implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients 12months post implantation

(2011) Susanne S. Pedersen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

The prevalence of anxiety and depression in adults with implantable cardioverter defibrillators: A systematic review

(2011) Gina Magyar-Russell et al.   JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH

Self-monitoring of oral anticoagulation: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data

(2011) Carl Heneghan et al.   LANCET

Mild Cognitive Impairment

(2011) Ronald C. Petersen   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Apixaban versus Warfarin in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

(2011) Christopher B. Granger et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Rivaroxaban versus Warfarin in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

(2011) Manesh R. Patel et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Adolescents with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators: A Patient and Parent Perspective

(2011) BELINDA RAHMAN et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Illness Beliefs in Patients with Recurrent Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation

(2011) PAMELA J. McCABE et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Patient and Cardiologist Perceptions on Decision Making for Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: A Qualitative Study

(2011) DAN D. MATLOCK et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

TRial of an Educational intervention on patients' knowledge of Atrial fibrillation and anticoagulant therapy, INR control, and outcome of Treatment with warfarin (TREAT)

(2010) Danielle E Smith et al.   BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia

(2010) Roderick Tung et al.   CIRCULATION

EHRA Expert Consensus Statement on the management of cardiovascular implantable electronic devices in patients nearing end of life or requesting withdrawal of therapy

(2010) L. Padeletti et al.   EUROPACE

Management of patients receiving implantable cardiac defibrillator shocks: Recommendations for acute and long-term patient management

(2010) F. Braunschweig et al.   EUROPACE

An international survey of physician and patient understanding, perception, and attitudes to atrial fibrillation and its contribution to cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality

(2010) E. Aliot et al.   EUROPACE

2010 Focused Update of ESC Guidelines on device therapy in heart failure

(2010) et al.   EUROPACE

Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation: The Task Force for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

(2010) et al.   EUROPACE

Predictors of electrical storm recurrences in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

(2010) F. Streitner et al.   EUROPACE

Role of drugs and devices in patients at risk of sudden cardiac death

(2010) Giuseppe Boriani et al.   FUNDAMENTAL & CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Relationship between burden of premature ventricular complexes and left ventricular function

(2010) Timir S. Baman et al.   HEART RHYTHM

An integrated chronic care program for patients with atrial fibrillation

(2010) Jeroen M.L. Hendriks et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES

How Well Do Doctors Know their Patients? Factors Affecting Physician Understanding of Patients’ Health Beliefs

(2010) Richard L. Street et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE

Preventing ventricular tachycardia with catheter ablation

(2010) William G Stevenson et al.   LANCET

Catheter ablation of stable ventricular tachycardia before defibrillator implantation in patients with coronary heart disease (VTACH): a multicentre randomised controlled trial

(2010) Karl-Heinz Kuck et al.   LANCET

Shock as a Determinant of Poor Patient-Centered Outcomes in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Patients: Is There More to It Than Meets the Eye?

(2010) SUSANNE S. PEDERSEN et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Symptomatic improvement after catheter ablation of supraventricular tachycardia measured by the arrhythmia-specific questionnaire U22

(2010) Milos Kesek et al.   UPSALA JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

Does Ablation of Supraventricular Tachycardia in Children with a Structurally Normal Heart Improve Quality of Life?

(2010) Margaret Strieper et al.   Congenital Heart Disease

Meta-Analysis of Ablation of Atrial Flutter and Supraventricular Tachycardia††Conflicts of interest: Dr. Spector is a consultant for Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota; Biosense Webster, Inc.; and Boston Scientific Corporation, Natick, Massachusetts. Dr. Spector has received research grant support from Medtronic, Inc., and Biosense Webster, Inc. Dr. Reynolds is a consultant for Biosense Webster, Inc., and Sanofi-Aventis, Paris, France. Dr. Calkins is a consultant for Biosense Webster, Inc.; CryoCor, San Diego, California; Medtronic, Inc.; and ProRhythm, Inc., Ronkonkoma, New York. Drs. Sondhi, Xu, and Sledge and Ms. Martin and Ms. Williams were employees of United BioSource Corporation during the conduct of this study.

(2009) Peter Spector et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

A Patient’s Guide to Taking Coumadin/Warfarin

(2009) Karen Fiumara et al.   CIRCULATION

Maximizing Survival Benefit With Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy in a Heart Failure Population

(2009) Wayne C. Levy et al.   CIRCULATION

Impact of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator, Amiodarone, and Placebo on the Mode of Death in Stable Patients With Heart Failure

(2009) Douglas L. Packer et al.   CIRCULATION

Test Characteristics of Neck Fullness and Witnessed Neck Pulsations in the Diagnosis of Typical AV Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia

(2009) Rahul Sakhuja et al.   CLINICAL CARDIOLOGY

Practical Management: A Systematic Approach to the Evaluation of Exercise-Related Syncope in Athletes

(2009) Francis G OʼConnor et al.   CLINICAL JOURNAL OF SPORT MEDICINE

Brugada syndrome ECG provoked by the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor fluvoxamine

(2009) G. Stirnimann et al.   EUROPACE

What Works In Chronic Care Management: The Case Of Heart Failure

(2009) Julie Sochalski et al.   HEALTH AFFAIRS

Ventricular ectopic beats: not so benign

(2009) D. J Wilber   HEART

Patient perception of symptoms and quality of life following ablation in patients with supraventricular tachycardia

(2009) Kathryn A. Wood et al.   HEART & LUNG

Drugs and Brugada syndrome patients: Review of the literature, recommendations, and an up-to-date website (www.brugadadrugs.org)

(2009) Pieter G. Postema et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Dilated cardiomyopathy in children with ventricular preexcitation: the location of the accessory pathway is predictive of this association

(2009) Floris E.A. Udink ten Cate et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTROCARDIOLOGY

Illness perceptions, affective response, and health-related quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation

(2009) Deirdre A. Lane et al.   JOURNAL OF PSYCHOSOMATIC RESEARCH

Dabigatran versus Warfarin in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

(2009) Stuart J. Connolly et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Does ICD Indication Affect Quality of Life and Levels of Distress?

(2009) SUSANNE S. PEDERSEN et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome and Atrioventricular Nodal Re-Entry Tachycardia in a Swedish Population: Consequences on Health-Related Quality of Life

(2009) ULLA WALFRIDSSON et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Increased Anxiety in Partners of Patients with a Cardioverter-Defibrillator: The Role of Indication for ICD Therapy, Shocks, and Personality

(2009) SUSANNE S. PEDERSEN et al.   PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Development and initial psychometric evaluation of the Patient Perspective of Arrhythmia Questionnaire

(2009) Kathryn A. Wood et al.   RESEARCH IN NURSING & HEALTH

Long-term outcome of the atrioventricular node ablation and pacemaker implantation for symptomatic refractory atrial fibrillation

(2008) E. S. Tan et al.   EUROPACE

Atrial fibrillation in stroke-free patients is associated with memory impairment and hippocampal atrophy

(2008) S. Knecht et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Knowledge and self-management behaviors of patients with recently detected atrial fibrillation

(2008) Pamela J. McCabe et al.   HEART & LUNG

Severe left ventricular dysfunction in infants with ventricular preexcitation

(2008) Julia Cadrin-Tourigny et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Initiation and persistence of warfarin or aspirin in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation in general practice: do the appropriate patients receive stroke prophylaxis?

(2008) A. M. GALLAGHER et al.   JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS