- ►chestpubs.org DE Singer, AS Go - Clinics in geriatric medicine, 2001 - Elsevier Based solely on observational data, long-term anticoagulation has been a favored
therapy to prevent stroke in rheumatic AF. 47 It was unclear whether
anticoagulants would work in nonrheumatic AF or whether they would be ... Cited by 554 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 17 versions
- ►onlinejacc.org SS Chugh, JL Blackshear, WK Shen, SC … - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2001 - Elsevier With a substantial impact on morbidity and mortality, the growing “epidemic”
of atrial fibrillation (AF) intersects with a number of conditions, including
aging, thromboembolism, hemorrhage, hypertension and left ventricular ... Cited by 326 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
- ►bmj.com S Stewart, N Murphy, A Walker, A McGuire, … - British Medical Journal, 2004 - heart.bmj.com Results: There were 534 000 people with AF in the UK during 1995. The "direct"
cost of health care for these patients was £244 million (~ 350 million) or
0.62% of total National Health Service (NHS) expenditure. Hospitalisations ... Cited by 161 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►nih.gov L Mackenzie, MD Bootman, M Laine, MJ … - The Journal of Physiology, 2002 - Physiological Soc Various cardio-active stimuli, including endothelin-1 (ET-1), exhibit potent
arrhythmogenicity, but the underlying cellular mechanisms of their actions are
largely unclear. We used isolated rat atrial myocytes and related changes ... Cited by 117 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
- ►bmj.com A Majeed, K Moser, K Carroll - British Medical Journal, 2001 - heart.bmj.com Despite its importance, only a few studies have examined the prevalence of
atrial fibrillation in the UK. 8 These previous studies have usually involved
relatively small populations and there has been no attempt to examine time ... Cited by 82 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
GM Peterson, K Boom, SL Jackson, JH Vial - Internal medicine journal, 2002 - pt.wkhealth.com Results: Completed questionnaires were received from 711 doctors (30% response
rate). The GPs performed better than the cardiologists and other specialists in
estimating the risk of stroke in case scenarios. However, the cardiologists ... Cited by 45 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
SL Jackson, GM Peterson, JH Vial, R Daud, … - Internal Medicine Journal, 2001 - interscience.wiley.com It is also possible that your web browser is not configured or not able to
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RN Goldstein, BS Stambler - Progress in cardiovascular diseases, 2005 - Elsevier Enhanced understanding of the mechanisms underlying atrial fibrillation (AF) and
advent of catheter-based therapy for AF has altered the approach to patients
with this most common arrhythmia. However, despite the success of ... Cited by 28 - Related articles - All 13 versions
J Coromilas - Jama, 2004 - Am Med Assoc Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States; nearly 65% of the
population is overweight and nearly 31% is obese. 1 Similarly, atrial
fibrillation (AF) is reaching epidemic proportions, 2 with nearly 2.5 ... Cited by 20 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
AS Go - Am J Geriatr Cardiol, 2005 - interscience.wiley.com Atrial fibrillation is the most common clinically relevant arrhythmia and
preferentially afflicts elderly persons, especially persons aged ≥75 years,
with associated complications of ischemic stroke and other adverse ... Cited by 20 - Related articles - All 2 versions
