| Title |
Aortic Stiffness in Lone Atrial Fibrillation: A Novel Risk Factor for Arrhythmia Recurrence
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, October 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0076776 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Dennis H. Lau, Melissa E. Middeldorp, Anthony G. Brooks, Anand N. Ganesan, Kurt C. Roberts-Thomson, Martin K. Stiles, Darryl P. Leong, Hany S. Abed, Han S. Lim, Christopher X. Wong, Scott R. Willoughby, Glenn D. Young, Jonathan M. Kalman, Walter P. Abhayaratna, Prashanthan Sanders |
| Abstract |
Recent community-based research has linked aortic stiffness to the development of atrial fibrillation. We posit that aortic stiffness contributes to adverse atrial remodeling leading to the persistence of atrial fibrillation following catheter ablation in lone atrial fibrillation patients, despite the absence of apparent structural heart disease. Here, we aim to evaluate aortic stiffness in lone atrial fibrillation patients and determine its association with arrhythmia recurrence following radio-frequency catheter ablation. |
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| Australia | 1 | 100% |
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| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
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| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 53 | 98% |
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| Researcher | 11 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 9% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 14 | 26% |
| Unknown | 9 | 17% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 24 | 44% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 9% |
| Engineering | 2 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 4% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 6 | 11% |
| Unknown | 14 | 26% |