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1. Update on Current Management of Atrial Fibrillation.

Author

Mazimba, Sula, Anaya-Cisneros, Maurico, and Parikh, Analkumar

Subjects
*ANTICOAGULANTS, *ATRIAL fibrillation diagnosis, *ATRIAL fibrillation prevention, *ATRIAL fibrillation risk factors, *CEREBROVASCULAR disease risk factors, *HEART disease diagnosis, *THROMBOEMBOLISM risk factors, *HEART ventricle diseases, *MYOCARDIAL depressants, *AGE distribution, *ATRIAL fibrillation, *ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, *LEFT heart ventricle diseases, *HEART beat, *IMPLANTABLE cardioverter-defibrillators, *MEDICAL needs assessment, *PRIMARY health care, *SEX distribution, *LIFESTYLES, *CONTINUING education units, *DISEASE prevalence, *SEVERITY of illness index, *ABLATION techniques, *SYMPTOMS, *DIAGNOSIS, *THERAPEUTICS, CHRONIC disease diagnosis
Abstract

The article offers updates on atrial fibrillation (AF) management. It reviews the classification of AF, the epidemiology, etiology, symptoms and manifestations and the strategic objectives in AF management involving rhythm control, rate control and thromboembolism prevention that can be achieved through non-pharmacological and pharmacological means. It also notes oral anticoagulant therapy, antiarrhythmic drugs, pacemaker therapy and implantable atrial defibrillators.

Published
2011

2. Risk of stroke in patients with atrial flutter.

Author

Biblo, Lee A., Yuan, Zhong, Quan, Kara J., Mackall, Judith A., Rimm, Alfred A., Biblo, L A, Yuan, Z, Quan, K J, Mackall, J A, and Rimm, A A

Subjects
*CEREBROVASCULAR disease risk factors, *ATRIAL flutter, *ATRIAL fibrillation, *HOSPITAL admission & discharge, *MEDICARE, *PATIENTS, *STROKE, *RELATIVE medical risk, *DISEASE complications
Abstract

Using a Medicare-based retrospective cohort study, the stroke risk in patients with atrial flutter (RR = 1.41) was determined to be greater than that in a control group (RR = 1.00) but less than that in an atrial fibrillation group (RR = 1.64). Furthermore, patients with atrial flutter who subsequently had an episode of atrial fibrillation had a higher risk of stroke (RR = 1.56) than patients with atrial flutter who never had a subsequent episode of atrial fibrillation (RR = 1.11). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2001
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3. Lone atrial fibrillation in elderly persons.

Author

Kopecky, Stephen L. and Gersh, Bernard J.

Subjects
*DISEASES in older people, *CEREBROVASCULAR disease risk factors, *ATRIAL fibrillation, *PATIENTS
Abstract

Examines the risk of stroke in elderly residents of Olmsted County in Minnesota with lone atrial fibrillation. Comparison of the probability of thromboembolic episodes with the probability of such events in an age- and sex-matched population; Consideration for antithrombotic therapy. INSET: Patients and methods..

Published
1999
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4. Stroke risk in an elderly population with atrial fibrillation.

Author

Feinberg, William M., Kronmal, Richard A., Newman, Anne B., Kraut, Michael A., Bovill, Edwin G., Cooper, Lawton, Hart, Robert G., Hart, Feinberg, W M, Kronmal, R A, Newman, A B, Kraut, M A, Bovill, E G, Cooper, L, and Hart, R G

Subjects
*CEREBROVASCULAR disease risk factors, *ATRIAL fibrillation, *CEREBROVASCULAR disease, *COMPARATIVE studies, *LONGITUDINAL method, *RESEARCH methodology, *MEDICAL cooperation, *POISSON distribution, *RESEARCH, *EVALUATION research, *PROPORTIONAL hazards models, *DISEASE complications
Abstract

Patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) have an increased risk of stroke, but the absolute rate of stroke varies widely depending on coexistent vascular disease. We assessed the stroke rate and predictive value of two published schemes for stroke risk stratification in a population-derived cohort of 259 elderly people with nonvalvular AF followed for a median of 5.3 years. The rate of ischemic stroke was 2.8% per year (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.9, 3.9). Thirty-one percent were predicted to be at low risk, and their stroke rate was 1.7% per year (95% CI 0.6, 3.8). Many people with AF in this population-derived cohort had relatively low rates of stroke. Further studies to reliably stratify stroke risk in patients with AF are needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
1999
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