Background Diabetes and elevated blood glucose have been associated with increased risk
of atrial fibrillation in a number of epidemiological studies, however, the findings have not …

Background Epidemiological studies on smoking and atrial fibrillation have been
inconsistent, with some studies showing a positive association while others have found no …

Aims To explore sex-specific associations between long-term individual blood pressure (BP)
patterns and risk of incident atrial fibrillation (AF) in the general population. Methods and …

Aims Although obesity has been associated with risk of atrial fibrillation (AF), the
associations of long-term obesity, recent obesity, and weight change with AF risk throughout …

Background The prevalence of obesity is increasing globally and this could partly explain
the worldwide increase in the prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF), as both overweight and …

Identifying risk factors for atrial fibrillation (AF) and evaluating their impact are essential to
avoid the occurrence of adverse events. However, few studies to date have explored the …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) represents the most common cardiac arrhythmia. Especially in patients
with chronic heart failure (CHF) the development of AF represents a severe complication …

Background Epidemiological evidence on weight change and atrial fibrillation (AF) remains
limited and inconsistent. Previous studies on body mass index (BMI) in youth and AF rarely …

Objective: The purpose of this article was to assess the benefit of perioperative
administration of the intravenous beta-blocker landiolol hydrochloride in preventing atrial …

In this issue of the journal, Dr Claeys and co-workers from Belgium report real-world data in
a multicentre study, evaluating the treatment persistence of oral antiplatelet (OAP) therapy …