pharmacological cardioversion of atrial fibrillation

... electrical and pharmacological cardioversion of AF 48 h VKA should be continued for a minimum of weeks after cardioversion because of risk of thrombo-embolism due to post -cardioversion left atrial/ LAA ... PIAF ¼ Pharmacological Intervention in Atrial Fibrillation; RACE ¼ RAte Control versus Electrical cardioversion for persistent atrial fibrillation; STAF ¼ Strategies of Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation ... right atrial; RAAFT ¼ Radiofrequency Ablation Atrial Fibrillation Trial; STOP-AF ¼ Sustained Treatment Of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Online ¼ references available on the dedicated Atrial Fibrillation...

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... complication of inadequate atrial preservation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1983, 85:105-115 Kolvekar S, D’Souza A, Akhtar P, Reek C, Garratt C, Spyt T: Role of atrial ischemia in development of atrial fibrillation ... alterations of the cardiac structure and electrophysiological profile of the atria due to the surgical atrial trauma itself [5], and ischemic atrial injury [18,19] Koletsis et al Journal of Cardiothoracic ... the atrial septum and atrial wall remain warmer than the wall of the left ventricle [4,21,22] Therefore, the protection of the atrial wall remains relatively inadequate compared to that of the...

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... suffered in 20% of cases of paroxysmal, in 37% of persistent, and in 41% of cases of long standing persistent AF There was no statistical significant correlation in between type of AF and diagnosis ... Preoperative atrial fibrillation and percentage of patients with sinus rhythm postoperatively Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation differs significantly from both persistent and long standing persistent atrial ... strongest predictor of the procedure's failure or success, respectively At a cut-off point of 50 mm failure rate dramatically worsened with an odd ratio of 4.2 The consequences of left atrial enlargement...

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... combination of bipolar radiofrequency and cryothermy We made a lesion set of ablation of atrial fibrillation which was different from that of Gillinov’s technique Our technique consists of a combination ... perform mitral valve, tricuspid valve procedure, atrial septal defect closure, and atrial fibrillation ablation Three patients underwent ablation of atrial fibrillation in minimally invasive mitral ... for the elimination of chronic atrial fibrillation Ann Thorac Surg 2005, 79:521-5 doi:10.1186/1749-8090-5-79 Cite this article as: Izutani et al.: Combined ablation of atrial fibrillation and minimally...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... Investigation of Rhythm Management; PIAF, Pharmacological Intervention in Atrial Fibrillation; RACE, RAte Control Versus Electrical Cardioversion for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation; STAF, Strategies of ... lower rates of cardioversion and higher recurrence rates Left atrial dimension Increased recurrence rates with large left atrial size Table Pharmacological cardioversion in atrial fibrillation ... the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation) ; North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology: ACC/AHA/ESC guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation: executive...

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... and treatment of atrial fibrillation in medical intensive care unit patients What is the pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation in medical intensive care unit patients? Does atrial fibrillation ... treatment of atrial fibrillation improve survival? Can (preventive) treatment of atrial fibrillation improve morbidity? Should we aim for rate control or rhythm control? Does atrial fibrillation ... patients with atrial arrhythmias: inflammatory mechanisms and persistence of atrial fibrillation Circulation 2001, 104:2886-2891 31 Falk RH: Etiology and complications of atrial fibrillation: ...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:35

... impairment of health-related quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation: implications for the assessment of investigational therapy JACC 2000, 36:1303-1309 Kang Y: Relation of atrial arrhythmia-related ... symptom severity of atrial fibrillation at the bedside: the CCS-SAF scale Can J Cardiol 2006, 22:383-386 Thrall G, Lane D, Carrol D, Lip GYH: Quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation: ... health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AFQoL) Health Qual Life Outcomes 2007, 5:37 Reynolds MR, Ellis E, Zimetbaum P: Quality of life in atrial fibrillation: Measurement...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... impairment of health-related quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation: implications for the assessment of investigational therapy JACC 2000, 36:1303-1309 Kang Y: Relation of atrial arrhythmia-related ... symptom severity of atrial fibrillation at the bedside: the CCS-SAF scale Can J Cardiol 2006, 22:383-386 Thrall G, Lane D, Carrol D, Lip GYH: Quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation: ... health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AFQoL) Health Qual Life Outcomes 2007, 5:37 Reynolds MR, Ellis E, Zimetbaum P: Quality of life in atrial fibrillation: Measurement...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2009, 4:61 Background Postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) occurs after 30-40% of cardiac surgeries [1-3] and is associated with increased risk of stroke ... symptoms of heart failure Of the 1936 surgical procedures, 1493 (77%) were CABG only (Table 2) Postoperatively, 1778 (92%) of the Effect of Statins Postoperative AF occurred in 31% of statin-treated ... Current Smoking, % History of myocardial infarction, % History of heart surgery, % LV ejection fraction

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... control and risk of incident atrial fibrillation Am J Hypertens 2008, 21:1111-6 Wong CK, White HD, Wilcox RG, Criger DA, Califf RM, Topol EJ, Ohman EM: Significance of atrial fibrillation during ... patients with atrial fibrillation after electrical cardioversion Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine 2011 10:15 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient ... JS: Atrial fibrillation and obesity-results of a meta analysis Am Heart J 2008, 155:310-5 Watanabe H, Tanabe N, Watanabe T, Darbar D, Roden DM, Sasaki S, Aizawa Y: Metabolic syndrome and risk of...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 07:21

... decision of the responsible intensivist Type of AF therapy and success of the therapy with respect to restoration of SR were recorded in all patients Diagnosis of septic shock The diagnosis of septic ... patients with new-onset atrial fibrillation and septic shock patients with maintained sinus rhythm AF, atrial fibrillation; SR, sinus rhythm Abbreviations AF: atrial fibrillation; CRP: C-reactive ... Panaretou M: C-reactive protein and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: evidence of the implication of an inflammatory process in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation Acta Cardiol 2001, 56:375-380 Anderson...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22

... Ordinal scale of tone intensity 0–5 Bohannon & Smith, 1986 Oswestry scale of grading Ordinal scale of stage and distribution of tone and quality of isolated movements Goff, 1976 Degree of adductor ... and safety of baclofen therapy without evidence of drug tolerance, even after many years There have been few studies investigating the effect of baclofen in treatment of spasticity of cerebral ... comparison of single doses of DS103–282, baclofen, and placebo for suppression of spasticity J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 43: 1132–6 Hattab, J R (1980) Review of European clinical trials with baclofen...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 10:20

... 00133 Rome, Italy Professor Paolo Milani University of Milan Department of Physics Via Celoria, 26 20133, Milan, Italy Volume 1: Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacological Potential of Fullerenes and ... considered both one of the most promising applications and one of the most studied since the publication of the fundamental works of Dugan and coworkers, who analyzed fullerene capability of scavenging ... been obtained by covalent linkage of the drug to the C60 by means of an ester, the hydrolysis of which presents a favorable kinetic profile, with consequent release of paclitaxel (Zakharian et al.,...

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... process of care that considers the best interests of patients with migraine headache Copyright © by the American Academy of Neurology: Licensed to the members of the US Headache Consortium Pharmacological ... frequency and severity of attacks, the presence and degree of temporary disability, and the profile of associated symptoms such as nausea and vomiting The patient’s history of, response to, and ... placebo-controlled study each for diclofenac-K,60 flurbiprofen,61 naproxen,62 piroxicam SL,63 pirprofen*,29 and proquazone*.64 Diclofenac sodium IM* was superior to placebo65 and low doses of acetaminophen IM*.66...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 12:20

... approximately 85% of [c32P]-8-azido-ATP (Fig 1C) [27] The fact that a concentration of staurosporine almost one order of magnitude lower than that of ATP is needed to displace half of the bound [c32P]-8-azidoATP ... structural features of both proteins are almost identical In quantitative terms, the high degree of overlap of the two structures is reflected by the value of the rmsd It is the measure of the average ... kinetics of the ATP displacement by staurosporine, [c32P]-azido-ATP was UV crosslinked with the ARM domain in the presence of increasing concentrations of staurosporine After visualization of the...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 11:20

... eclaration of interest and management of potential conflict of interest 143 D SUMMARY OF PRINCIPLES AND RECOMMENDATIONS .146 REFERENCES 148 INDEX 156 >4 LIST OF FIGURES ... 136 LIST OF BOXES Box 0.1 Definition of quality of evidence according to GRADE 14 Box 0.2 Interpretation of strong and weak recommendations 14 Box 2.1 Summary of questions by ... opioid therapy Switching of opioids: for the purposes of these guidelines, switching of opioids is defined as the clinical practice of changing to an alternative opioid because of dose-limiting side-effects...

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... 27 ANNEX 2: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 28 ANNEX 3: DECLARATIONS OF INTERESTS 30 ANNEX 4: TABLE OF STANDARD DOSAGES 32 Pharmacological Management of Pandemic Influenza ... be  modified  in  light  of current  or  local  knowledge of the antiviral susceptibility of circulating viruses.    As of January 2010, the antiviral susceptibilities of circulating viruses are:  ... lucilleb@nicd.ac.za    Associate Professor Tawee  CHOTPITAYASUNONDH  Senior Medical Officer, Queen Sirikit National        Institute of Child  Health  Department of Medical Services, Ministry of Public Health ...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 14:20

... Rutten FH (2010) Guidelines for the manage‐ ment of atrial fibrillation: the Task Force for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Eur Heart J 31 (19):2369-2429 ... Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin People’s Republic of China Section Pharmacological Management Chapter Atrial Fibrillation ... role of RAAS in the pathogenesis of AF 4.1 Atrial stretch and AF Atrial arrhythmias frequently occur under conditions associated with atrial dilatation and increased atrial pressure, causing atrial...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 10:20

... effects of each pharmacological treatment why a particular pharmacological treatment is being offered coping strategies for pain and for possible adverse effects of treatment that non -pharmacological ... as a GRADE profile (section 2.3) Each GRADE profile includes the characteristics of the evidence, the detailed results for the primary outcomes and a description of the quality of the evidence ... likely to be because of differences in the definitions of neuropathic pain, methods of assessment and patient selection (Smith and Torrance 2010) Currently, a number of pharmacological treatments...

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