1.Atrial fibrillation in China: a brief review.
Chang-sheng MA ; Xin DU ; Chen-xi JIANG
Chinese Medical Journal 2009;122(23):2803-2806
2.Atrial fibrillation in China.
Chinese Medical Journal 2013;126(22):4366-4370
3.Atrial fibrillation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: determinants, clinical course and management.
Iacopo OLIVOTTO ; Paolo DIDONNA ; Massimo BALDI ; Aurelio SGALAMBRO ; Barry J MARON ; Franco CECCHI
Chinese Journal of Cardiology 2009;37(4):303-307
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), and represents an important complication in the clinical course of the disease, with adverse consequences on functional status and outcome. Studies on community-based HCM patient populations have shown that AF is associated with long-term clinical deterioration, cardioembolic stroke and increased cardiovascular mortality due to heart failure and stroke. Moreover, acute onset of AF may cause severe hemodynamic impairment and represent a trigger of potentially lethal ventricular arrhythmias. However, the consequences of AF on the long-term prognosis of HCM patients are not uniformly unfavorable, and may be compatible with an uneventful course, when properly managed. Management of AF in HCM is challenging, particularly when onset occurs at a young age. Both paroxysmal and permanent AF represent clear indications for oral anticoagulation. In most patients, maintenance of sinus rhythm is highly desirable but made difficult by the limited long-term efficacy and potentially hazardous side effects of available pharmacological options. In selected patients with HCM and severely symptomatic AF, radiofrequency catheter ablation may represent an effective therapeutic alternative, improving functional status, and reducing or postponing the need for antiarrhythmic drugs. In patients with persistent AF, in whom maintenance of sinus rhythm is not feasible, adequate ventricular rate control should be pursued aggressively by atrio-ventricular node blocking agents.
Atrial Fibrillation
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epidemiology
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therapy
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Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
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epidemiology
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therapy
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Humans
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Incidence
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Prognosis
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Risk Assessment
4.Advances in anticoagulant therapy for cirrhosis combined with atrial fibrillation.
Jie Ya REN ; Xin Ting LI ; Min Cong LONG ; Hui LIU ; Nu Er TANG ; Rong Jiong ZHENG ; Xiao Bo LU
Chinese Journal of Hepatology 2023;31(5):551-555
Relevant research in recent years has demonstrated that the atrial fibrillation occurrence rate is significantly higher in patients with cirrhosis. The most common indication for long-term anticoagulant therapy is chronic atrial fibrillation. The use of anticoagulant therapy greatly reduces the incidence rate of ischemic stroke. Patients with cirrhosis combined with atrial fibrillation have an elevated risk of bleeding and embolism during anticoagulant therapy due to cirrhotic coagulopathy. At the same time, the liver of such patients will go through varying levels of metabolism and elimination while consuming currently approved anticoagulant drugs, thereby increasing the complexity of anticoagulant therapy. This article summarizes the clinical studies on the risks and benefits of anticoagulant therapy in order to provide a reference for patients with cirrhosis combined with atrial fibrillation.
Humans
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Atrial Fibrillation/epidemiology*
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Stroke/epidemiology*
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Anticoagulants/therapeutic use*
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Hemorrhage
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Liver Cirrhosis/drug therapy*
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Risk Factors
5.Contemporary characteristics, management, and outcomes of patients hospitalized for atrial fibrillation in China: results from the real-world study of Chinese atrial fibrillation registry.
Qing-Yan ZHAO ; Shao-Bo SHI ; He HUANG ; Hong JIANG ; Bo YANG ; Gang WU ; Ming-Wei BAO ; Yu LIU ; Yan-Hong TANG ; Xi WANG ; Shu ZHANG ; De-Jia HUANG ; Yong HUO ; Jun-Bo GE ; Cong-Xin HUANG
Chinese Medical Journal 2020;133(23):2883-2884
6.Association Between Serum Triglyceride Level and Early Prognosis of Acute Ischemic Stroke.
Kang Ho CHOI ; Man Seok PARK ; Kyung Wook KANG ; Joon Tae KIM ; Seong Min CHOI ; Seung Han LEE ; Byeong Chae KIM ; Myeong Kyu KIM ; Ki Hyun CHO
Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2008;26(2):95-103
BACKGROUND: Although the association between serum cholesterol levels and cerebrovascular disorder has been extensively studied, the relationship between cholesterol levels and outcome following ischemic stroke remains to be established. We evaluated the association between serum triglyceride levels and the early prognosis of acute ischemic stroke. METHODS: Among 1096 patients who were admitted to the Neurology department of Chonnam National University Hospital from June 2005 to April 2007, 598 consecutive patients with acute ischemic stroke were enrolled in this study. Patients were divided into five groups based on serum triglyceride levels. RESULTS: The level of triglyceride was significantly lower in patients with 4 or more improvement in NIHSS score than in patients without improvement (100.4 versus 135.0 mg/dl, p<0.001). In a univariate analysis, thrombolytic therapy (p<0.001), atrial fibrillation (p<0.001), lower total cholesterol (p=0.001), lower LDL cholesterol (p=0.019) and previous statin therapy (p=0.042) were also associated with a better functional outcome. After adjustment for known confounding variables, multivariate and survival analysis showed that a lower triglyceride level above the normal range remained an independent predictor of better functional outcome (p=0.002). Previous statin therapy and thrombolytic therapy were also independent predictors for better functional outcome (p=0.044;p<0.001). However, extremely low triglyceride level (<50.0 mg/dl) was associated with poor functional outcome after an acute ischemic stroke. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that serum triglyceride measurements in acute ischemic stroke could be helpful in predicting clinical improvement. Further prospective studies are required to determine whether triglyceride is an independent predictor for better functional outcome.
Atrial Fibrillation
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Cerebrovascular Disorders
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Cholesterol
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Cholesterol, LDL
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Confounding Factors (Epidemiology)
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Humans
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Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
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Neurology
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Prognosis
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Reference Values
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Stroke
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Thrombolytic Therapy
7.A comparison of CAS risk model and CHA2DS2-VASc risk model in guiding anticoagulation treatment in Chinese patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation.
Jia Long DENG ; Liu HE ; Chao JIANG ; Yi Wei LAI ; De Yong LONG ; Cai Hua SANG ; Chang Qi JIA ; Li FENG ; Xu LI ; Man NING ; Rong HU ; Jian Zeng DONG ; Xin DU ; Ri Bo TANG ; Chang Sheng MA
Chinese Journal of Cardiology 2022;50(9):888-894
Objective: To compare the differences between CAS risk model and CHA2DS2-VASc risk score in predicting all cause death, thromboembolic events, major bleeding events and composite endpoint in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study. From the China Atrial Fibrillation Registry cohort study, the patients with atrial fibrillation who were>18 years old were randomly divided into CAS risk score group and CHA2DS2-VASc risk score group respectively. According to the anticoagulant status at baseline and follow-up, patients in the 2 groups who complied with the scoring specifications for anticoagulation were selected for inclusion in this study. Baseline information such as age and gender in the two groups were collected and compared. Follow-up was performed periodically to collect information on anticoagulant therapy and endpoints. The endpoints were all-cause death, thromboembolism events and major bleeding, the composite endpoint events were all-cause death and thromboembolism events. The incidence of endpoints in CAS group and CHA2DS2-VASc group was analyzed, and multivariate Cox proportional risk model was used to analyze whether the incidence of the endpoints was statistically different between the two groups. Results: A total of 5 206 patients with AF were enrolled, average aged (63.6±12.2) years, and 2092 (40.2%) women. There were 2 447 cases (47.0%) in CAS risk score group and 2 759 cases (53.0%) in CHA2DS2-VASc risk score group. In the clinical baseline data of the two groups, the proportion of left ventricular ejection fraction<55%, non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, oral warfarin and HAS BLED score in the CAS group were lower than those in the CHA2DS2-VASc group, while the proportion of previous diabetes history and history of antiplatelet drugs in the CAS group was higher than that in the CHA2DS2-VASc group, and there was no statistical difference in other baseline data. Patients were followed up for (82.8±40.8) months. In CAS risk score group, 225(9.2%) had all-cause death, 186 (7.6%) had thromboembolic events, 81(3.3%) had major bleeding, and 368 (15.0%) had composite endpoint. In CHA2DS2-VASc risk score group, 261(9.5%) had all-cause death 209(7.6%) had thromboembolic events, 112(4.1%) had major bleeding, and 424 (15.4%) had composite endpoint. There were no significant differences in the occurrence of all-cause death, thromboembolic events, major bleeding and composite endpoint between anticoagulation in CAS risk score group and anticoagulation in CHA2DS2-VASc risk score group (log-rank P =0.643, 0.904, 0.126, 0.599, respectively). Compared with CAS risk score, multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression models showed no significant differences for all-cause death, thromboembolic events, major bleeding and composite endpoint between the two groups with HR(95%CI) 0.95(0.80-1.14), 1.00(0.82-1.22), 0.83(0.62-1.10), 0.96(0.84-1.11), respectively. All P>0.05. Conclusions: There were no significant differences between CAS risk model and CHA2DS2-VASc risk score in predicting all-cause death, thromboembolic events, and major bleeding events in Chinese patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation.
Adolescent
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Anticoagulants
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Atrial Fibrillation/drug therapy*
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Cohort Studies
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Female
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Hemorrhage/complications*
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Humans
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Male
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Retrospective Studies
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Risk Assessment
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Stroke/epidemiology*
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Stroke Volume
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Thromboembolism/etiology*
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Ventricular Function, Left
8.Early Experience of Novel Oral Anticoagulants in Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Efficacy and Safety Comparison to Warfarin.
Dong Geum SHIN ; Tae Hoon KIM ; Jae Sun UHM ; Joung Youn KIM ; Boyoung JOUNG ; Moon Hyoung LEE ; Hui Nam PAK
Yonsei Medical Journal 2016;57(2):342-349
PURPOSE: Compared with warfarin, novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs) are convenient to use, although they require a blanking period immediately before radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF). We compared NOACs and uninterrupted warfarin in the peri-procedural period of AF ablation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We compared 141 patients treated with peri-procedural NOACs (72% men; 58+/-11 years old; 71% with paroxysmal AF) and 281 age-, sex-, AF type-, and history of stroke-matched patients treated with uninterrupted warfarin. NOACs were stopped 24 hours before the procedure and restarted on the same procedure day after hemostasis was achieved. RESULTS: We found no difference in the CHA2DS2-VASc (p=0.376) and HAS-BLED scores (p=0.175) between the groups. The preprocedural anticoagulation duration was significantly shorter in the NOAC group (76.3+/-110.7 days) than in the warfarin group (274.7+/-582.7 days, p<0.001). The intra-procedural total heparin requirement was higher (p<0.001), although mean activated clotting time was shorter (350.0+/-25.0 s vs. 367.4+/-42.9 s, p<0.001), in the NOAC group than in the warfarin group. There was no significant difference in thromboembolic events (1.4% vs. 0%, p=0.111) or major bleeding (1.4% vs. 3.9%, p=0.235) between the NOAC and warfarin groups. Minor stroke occurred in two cases within 10 hours of the procedure (underlying CHA2DS2-VASc scores 0 and 1) in the NOAC group. CONCLUSION: Pre-procedural anticoagulation duration was shorter and intra-procedural heparin requirement was higher with NOAC than with uninterrupted warfarin during AF ablation. Although the peri-procedural thromboembolism and bleeding incidences did not differ, minor stroke occurred in two cases in the NOAC group.
Aged
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Anticoagulants/*therapeutic use
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Atrial Fibrillation/complications/*drug therapy/*surgery
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Catheter Ablation/*methods
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Female
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Follow-Up Studies
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Hemorrhage/epidemiology
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Heparin
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Humans
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Incidence
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Postoperative Complications/epidemiology
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Stroke/epidemiology
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Thromboembolism/epidemiology
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Treatment Outcome
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Warfarin/administration & dosage/*therapeutic use
9.Epicardial Microwave Application in Chronic Atrial Fibrillation Surgery.
Sang Kwon LEE ; Suk Jung CHOO ; Kyung Sun KIM ; Jae Won LEE
Journal of Korean Medical Science 2005;20(5):727-731
The search for alternative epicardial energy sources in the treatment of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) is a relatively new aspect of the evolving spectrum of Maze operations. We tested the hypothesis that epicardial microwave ablation produces identical results to those of the standard cryosurgical Maze. Fourteen consecutive patients with chronic AF underwent on-pump epicardial Maze procedures after routine cardiac surgery. The results were compared with those of 14 control patients selected from our Maze database of 280 patients. There were no differences in age, sex, cardiothoracic ratio, duration of AF, pump time, intensive care unit or hospital stays. The aortic cross clamp time with epicardial microwave was, however, shortened from 110 to 65 minutes (p=0.011). The recurrence rate of AF after discharge showed no significant difference between the two groups (14% vs. 15%, p=0.841). Epicardial microwave ablation might be a valuable alternative to the conventional cryosurgical Maze procedure, especially for those patients without associated mitral valve disease.
Age Distribution
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Atrial Fibrillation/*epidemiology/*therapy
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Chronic Disease
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Cryosurgery/*statistics and numerical data
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Female
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Humans
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Korea/epidemiology
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Male
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Microwaves/*therapeutic use
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*Pericardium
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Prognosis
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Recurrence/prevention and control
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Risk Assessment/methods
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Risk Factors
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Sex Distribution
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Treatment Outcome
10.Comparative study of warfarin and aspirin for stroke prevention in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation.
Wei HAN ; Dan-tong SHEN ; Yu-mei WANG
Journal of Southern Medical University 2006;26(6):851-855
OBJECTIVETo analyze current stroke prevention measures for elderly patients with atrial fibrillation.
METHODSA retrospective analysis was conducted of the clinical records of elderly patients with atrial fibrillation treated in our hospital within the recent 5 years. The distribution of high risk factors for different age levels was studied, and the incidence of stroke and complications such as hemorrhage were compared between patients treated with warfarin and aspirin therapy.
RESULTSCompared with patients of 65 to 75 years old, the incidence of complications with other high risk factors was increased in advanced age group (over 75 years). Of these patients, 19.0% were treated with warfarin and 73.4% with aspirin. Compared with the aspirin group, stroke incidence was decreased significantly in warfarin group, which had simultaneously increased nonfatal hemorrhage.
CONCLUSIONWarfarin can be more effective than aspirin for stroke prevention in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation, but in clinical practice, the usage rate of warfarin still remains low with insufficient monitoring.
Aged ; Anticoagulants ; therapeutic use ; Aspirin ; therapeutic use ; Atrial Fibrillation ; complications ; drug therapy ; China ; epidemiology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Retrospective Studies ; Stroke ; complications ; epidemiology ; prevention & control ; Treatment Outcome ; Warfarin ; therapeutic use