New findings in atrial fibrillation mechanisms

DH Lau, D Linz, P Sanders - Cardiac electrophysiology …, 2019 - cardiacep.theclinics.com
The pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying atrial fibrillation (AF) are highly complex and
variable among sufferers of this arrhythmia. 1, 2 This can be attributable to the different risk …

E-cigarettes and arrhythmogenesis: a comprehensive review of pre-clinical studies and their clinical implications

CA Jones, MJ Wallace, P Bandaru… - Cardiovascular …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Electronic cigarette use has grown exponentially in recent years, and while their popularity
has increased, the long-term effects on the heart are yet to be fully studied and understood …

Intrinsically stretchable electrode array enabled in vivo electrophysiological map** of atrial fibrillation at cellular resolution

J Liu, X Zhang, Y Liu, M Rodrigo… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Electrophysiological map** of chronic atrial fibrillation (AF) at high throughput and high
resolution is critical for understanding its underlying mechanism and guiding definitive …

Rotor mechanism and its map** in atrial fibrillation

CH Xu, F ** of prolonged persistent atrial fibrillation recordings: high prevalence of dissociated activation patterns

Randomized evaluation of redo ablation procedures of atrial fibrillation with focal impulse and rotor modulation-guided procedures: the REDO-FIRM study

SG Spitzer, JM Miller, P Sommer, T Szili-Torok… - Europace, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Aims REDO-FIRM evaluated safety and effectiveness of conventional vs. focal impulse and
rotor modulation (FIRM)-guided ablation of recurrent persistent or paroxysmal atrial …

Noninvasive assessment of complexity of atrial fibrillation: correlation with contact map** and impact of ablation

M Rodrigo, AM Climent… - Circulation …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: It is difficult to noninvasively phenotype atrial fibrillation (AF) in a way that
reflects clinical end points such as response to therapy. We set out to map electrical patterns …

Research progress of myocardial fibrosis and atrial fibrillation

G Li, J Yang, D Zhang, X Wang, J Han… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
With the aging population and the increasing incidence of basic illnesses such as
hypertension and diabetes (DM), the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) has increased …

Unmasking arrhythmogenic hubs of reentry driving persistent atrial fibrillation for patient‐specific treatment

BJ Hansen, J Zhao, KM Helfrich, N Li… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) driver mechanisms are obscured to clinical multielectrode
map** approaches that provide partial, surface‐only visualization of unstable 3 …

Electrocardiographic imaging in the atria

I Hernandez-Romero, R Molero… - Medical & biological …, 2023 - Springer
The inverse problem of electrocardiography or electrocardiographic imaging (ECGI) is a
technique for reconstructing electrical information about cardiac surfaces from noninvasive …