Initial experience of assessing esophageal tissue injury and recovery using delayed-enhancement MRI after atrial fibrillation ablation.

Authors : Badger Troy J TJ; Adjei-Poku Yaw A YA; Burgon Nathan S NS; Kalvaitis Saul S; Shaaban Akram A; Sommers Daniel N DN; Blauer Joshua J E JJ; Fish Eric N EN; Akoum Nazem N; Haslem Thomas S TS; Kholmovski Eugene G EG; MacLeod Rob S RS; Adler Douglas G DG; Marrouche Nassir F NF;

Affiliations : Comprehensive Arrhythmia and Research Management, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132-2400, USA.

Journal : Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol   (2009)

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Race/Ethnicity, Quality of Care, and Outcomes in Ischemic Stroke.

Authors : Schwamm Lee H LH; Reeves Mathew J MJ; Pan Wenqin W; Smith Eric E EE; Frankel Michael R MR; Olson Daiwai D; Zhao Xin X; Peterson Eric E; Fonarow Gregg C GC;

Affiliations : Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; Michigan State University, East Lansing; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC; Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada; Emory University, Atlanta, Ga; and UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif.

Journal : N/A   (2010)

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Racial Differences in Atrial Fibrillation Prevalence and Left Atrial Size.

Authors : Marcus Gregory M GM; Olgin Jeffrey E JE; Whooley Mary M; Vittinghoff Eric E; Stone Katie L KL; Mehra Reena R; Hulley Stephen B SB; Schiller Nelson B NB;

Affiliations : Division of Cardiology, Electrophysiology Section, University of California, San Francisco.

Journal : N/A   (2010)

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The RecordAF study: design, baseline data, and profile of patients according to chosen treatment strategy for atrial fibrillation.

Authors : Heuzey Jean-Yves Le JY; Breithardt Günter G; Camm John J; Crijns Harry H; Dorian Paul P; Kowey Peter R PR; Merioua Ihsen I; Prystowsky Eric N EN; Schwartz Peter J PJ; Torp-Pedersen Christian C; Weintraub William W;

Affiliations : Hôpital Georges Pompidou-APHP, University Paris V, Paris, France. jean-yves.le-heuzey@egp.aphp.fr

Journal : Am. J. Cardiol.   (2010)

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Left atrial pressure reduction for mitral stenosis reverses left atrial direction-dependent conduction abnormalities.

Authors : Coronel Ruben R; Langerveld Jorina J; Boersma Lucas V A LV; Wever Eric F D EF; Bon Laurens L; van Dessel Pascal F H M PF; Linnenbank André C AC; van Gilst Wiek H WH; Ernst Sjef M P G SM; Opthof Tobias T; van Hemel Norbert M NM;

Affiliations : Experimental Cardiology Group , Center for Heart Failure Research, Academic Medical Center, rm K2-112, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. r.coronel@amc.uva.nl

Journal : Cardiovasc. Res.   (2010)

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Physician stated atrial fibrillation management in light of treatment guidelines: data from an international, observational prospective survey.

Authors : Kowey Peter R PR; Breithardt Günter G; Camm John J; Crijns Harry H; Dorian Paul P; Le Heuzey Jean-Yves JY; Pedrazzini Laurence L; Prystowsky Eric N EN; Salette Geneviève G; Schwartz Peter J PJ; Torp-Pedersen Christian C; Weintraub William W;

Affiliations : Lankenau Hospital, 100 Lancaster Avenue, Wynnewood, PA, USA. koweyp@mlhs.org

Journal : Clin Cardiol   (2010)

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Relationships between emerging measures of heart failure processes of care and clinical outcomes.

Authors : Hernandez Adrian F AF; Hammill Bradley G BG; Peterson Eric D ED; Yancy Clyde W CW; Schulman Kevin A KA; Curtis Lesley H LH; Fonarow Gregg C GC;

Affiliations : Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA. adrian.hernandez@duke.edu

Journal : Am. Heart J.   (2010)

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Common variants in KCNN3 are associated with lone atrial fibrillation.

Authors : Ellinor Patrick T PT; Lunetta Kathryn L KL; Glazer Nicole L NL; Pfeufer Arne A; Alonso Alvaro A; Chung Mina K MK; Sinner Moritz F MF; de Bakker Paul I W PI; Mueller Martina M; Lubitz Steven A SA; Fox Ervin E; Darbar Dawood D; Smith Nicholas L NL; Smith Jonathan D JD; Schnabel Renate B RB; Soliman Elsayed Z EZ; Rice Kenneth M KM; Van Wagoner David R DR; Beckmann Britt-M BM; van Noord Charlotte C; Wang Ke K; Ehret Georg B GB; Rotter Jerome I JI; Hazen Stanley L SL; Steinbeck Gerhard G; Smith Albert V AV; Launer Lenore J LJ; Harris Tamara B TB; Makino Seiko S; Nelis Mari M; Milan David J DJ; Perz Siegfried S; Esko Tõnu T; Köttgen Anna A; Moebus Susanne S; Newton-Cheh Christopher C; Li Man M; Möhlenkamp Stefan S; Wang Thomas J TJ; Kao W H Linda WH; Vasan Ramachandran S RS; Nöthen Markus M MM; MacRae Calum A CA; Stricker Bruno H Ch BH; Hofman Albert A; Uitterlinden André G AG; Levy Daniel D; Boerwinkle Eric E; Metspalu Andres A; Topol Eric J EJ; Chakravarti Aravinda A; Gudnason Vilmundur V; Psaty Bruce M BM; Roden Dan M DM; Meitinger Thomas T; Wichmann H-Erich HE; Witteman Jacqueline C M JC; Barnard John J; Arking Dan E DE; Benjamin Emelia J EJ; Heckbert Susan R SR; Kääb Stefan S;

Affiliations : [1] Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [3] Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [4] These authors contributed equally to this work.

Journal : Nat. Genet.   (2010)

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A critical decrease in dominant frequency and clinical outcome after catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation.

Authors : Yoshida Kentaro K; Chugh Aman A; Good Eric E; Crawford Thomas T; Myles James J; Veerareddy Srikar S; Billakanty Sreedhar S; Wong Wai S WS; Ebinger Matthew M; Pelosi Frank F; Jongnarangsin Krit K; Bogun Frank F; Morady Fred F; Oral Hakan H;

Affiliations : Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Atrial fibrillation in hemodialysis patients: clinical features and associations with anticoagulant therapy.

Authors : Wizemann Volker V; Tong Lin L; Satayathum Sudtida S; Disney Alex A; Akiba Takashi T; Fissell Rachel B RB; Kerr Peter G PG; Young Eric W EW; Robinson Bruce M BM;

Affiliations : Georg Haas Dialysezentrum, Giessen, Germany.

Journal : N/A   (2010)

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Planning the Safety of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Registry Initiative (SAFARI) as a Collaborative Pan-Stakeholder Critical Path Registry Model: a Cardiac Safety Research Consortium "Incubator" Think Tank.

Authors : Al-Khatib Sana M SM; Calkins Hugh H; Eloff Benjamin C BC; Packer Douglas L DL; Ellenbogen Kenneth A KA; Hammill Stephen C SC; Natale Andrea A; Page Richard L RL; Prystowsky Eric E; Jackman Warren M WM; Stevenson William G WG; Waldo Albert L AL; Wilber David D; Kowey Peter P; Yaross Marcia S MS; Mark Daniel B DB; Reiffel James J; Finkle John K JK; Marinac-Dabic Danica D; Pinnow Ellen E; Sager Phillip P; Sedrakyan Art A; Canos Daniel D; Gross Thomas T; Berliner Elise E; Krucoff Mitchell W MW;

Affiliations : Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27715, USA. alkha001@mc.duke.edu

Journal : Am. Heart J.   (2010)

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Atrial fibrillation: Dronedarone and amiodarone-the safety versus efficacy debate.

Authors : Prystowsky Eric N EN;

Affiliations : N/A

Journal : Nat Rev Cardiol   (2010)

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Left Atrial Strain and Strain Rate in Patients with Paroxysmal and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: Relationship to Left Atrial Structural Remodeling Detected by Delayed Enhancement-MRI.

Authors : Kuppahally Suman S SS; Akoum Nazem N; Burgon Nathan S NS; Badger Troy J TJ; Kholmovski Eugene G EG; Vijayakumar Sathya S; Rao Swati N SN; Blauer Joshua J; Fish Eric N EN; Dibella Edward V R EV; Macleod Rob S RS; McGann Christopher C; Litwin Sheldon E SE; Marrouche Nassir F NF;

Affiliations : 1 University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT;

Journal : N/A   (2010)

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Age-related differences in characteristics, performance measures, treatment trends, and outcomes in patients with ischemic stroke.

Authors : Fonarow Gregg C GC; Reeves Mathew J MJ; Zhao Xin X; Olson DaiWai M DM; Smith Eric E EE; Saver Jeffrey L JL; Schwamm Lee H LH; ;

Affiliations : Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, UCLA Medical Center, 10833 LeConte Ave, Room 47-123 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1679, USA. gfonarow@mednet.ucla.edu

Journal : Circulation   (2010)

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Measuring the Complexity of Atrial Fibrillation Electrograms.

Authors : Ng Jason J; Borodyanskiy Aleksey I AI; Chang Eric T ET; Villuendas Roger R; Dibs Samer S; Kadish Alan H AH; Goldberger Jeffrey J JJ;

Affiliations : From the Bluhm Cardiovascular Center and the Division of Cardiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Journal : N/A   (2010)

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