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Atrial Fibrillation

Known as: AF, Fibrillation, Atrial, Atrial Fibrillations 
Abnormal cardiac rhythm that is characterized by rapid, uncoordinated firing of electrical impulses in the upper chambers of the heart (HEART ATRIA… 
National Institutes of Health

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Narrower (2)

Persistent atrial fibrillationfamilial atrial fibrillation

Broader (1)

atrial flutter-fibrillation

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Review
2003
Review
2003
Short‐ and long‐acting synthetic pentasaccharides
Abstract Koopman MMW, Büller HR (Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands). Short‐ and long‐acting synthetic… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
First Human Experience With Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using a Through-the-Balloon Circumferential Ultrasound Ablation System for Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation
Background—Standard mapping and ablation of focal sources of atrial fibrillation are associated with very long procedure times… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Treatment of atrial fibrillation in open heart surgery--the potential role of microwave energy.
Treatment of atrial fibrillation by creating linear lesions in patients undergoing heart surgery (mitral valve replacement or… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
A comparison of bepridil with amiodarone in the treatment of established atrial fibrillation.
Fourteen patients with established atrial fibrillation (longer than three months) that was refractory to treatment were studied… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Atrial fibrillation and stroke in elderly hospitalized patients.
Of 4100 consecutive admissions to the Department of Geriatric Medicine, 414 patients (10.1%) were identified as having atrial… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Non-invasive diagnosis and assessment of tricuspid regurgitation and stenosis using one and two dimensional echo-pulsed Doppler.
Twenty normal subjects and 82 patients with valvular heart disease, whose lesions were independently assessed either by cardiac… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Factors influencing the ejection fraction and the mean rate of circumferential fibre shortening during atrial fibrillation in man.
Sixty-six cardiac cycles in 10 patients with valvular heart disease and depressed left ventricular performance who had atrial… 
1973
1973
Left Atrial Size and Atrial Fibrillation in Mitral Stenosis
In a series of 135 patients with mitral valvular stenosis, three groups were identified: those in sinus rhythm, those with… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
CORRELATION OF INTRACARDIAC PRESSURE AND PRÆCORDIAL MOVEMENT IN ISCHÆMIC HEART DISEASE
A series of reports (Muller and R0rvik, 1958; Ross et al., 1962; Malmborg, Pernow, and Eliasch, 1962) has indicated that angina… 
1949
1949
THE HEART RATE WITH EXERCISE IN PATIENTS WITH AURICULAR FIBRILLATION
  • J. Knox
  • British heart journal
  • 1949
  • Corpus ID: 5300059
In a previous article (Knox, 1940) an accurate method of recording the changes in heart rate during exercise was described, and…