Atrial Fibrillation: Journal Articles

• Early Apixaban Use Following Stroke in Patients With AF The AREST trial evaluated the optimal time to initiate anticoagulation with apixaban after AF-related acute ischemic stroke or transient ischemia attack.
  Stroke, April 14, 2021
• AF Ablation in Heart Failure: What Do We Know? What Can We Do? Catheter ablation has emerged as an effective alternative to antiarrhythmic drug treatment in HFrEF patients with atrial fibrillation. When should--and shouldn't--it be used?
  Europace, April 13, 2021
• Geriatric Syndromes and Atrial Fibrillation How prevalent are falls and other geriatric syndromes in older patients with AF? Is there an association of geriatric syndromes with anticoagulant use in this population?
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, April 07, 2021
• Acute Ischemic Stroke and COVID-19 How common is acute ischemic stroke in patients with COVID-19? This study identified risk factors, comorbidities, and outcomes in patients with COVID-19 with or without acute ischemic stroke.
  Stroke, March 31, 2021
• Pathological Evidence for SARS-CoV-2 as a Cause of Myocarditis Is myocarditis an important cause of myocardial injury in patients with COVID-19? This review suggests that COVID-19-induced myocarditis is an uncommon phenomenon.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology, March 30, 2021
• Cardiac and Kidney Benefits of Empagliflozin in Heart Failure This study examined the effect of empagliflozin on cardiovascular and kidney outcomes in heart failure patients with or without chronic kidney disease.
  Circulation, March 30, 2021
• Cardiovascular Medicine 2020: Epidemiology and Prevention This paper summarizes contributions to CVD prevention published in 2020, highlighting advances in cardio-renal syndrome, common pathways of cancer and CVD, and cardiac disease due to COVID-19.
  European Heart Journal, March 24, 2021
• ESC 'Ten Commandments' for Sports Cardiology 2020 This brief highlights ten recommendations for exercise in individuals with cardiovascular disease.
  European Heart Journal, March 22, 2021
• Outcomes of Upper GI Bleeding: DOACs vs. Vitamin K Antagonists This study investigated whether direct oral anticoagulants alter outcomes of upper GI bleeding as compared to vitamin K antagonists.
  Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, March 22, 2021
• Blood Pressure in Aldosteronism vs Other Hypertension Forms A better understanding of these differences in blood pressure measurements could have important implications for the screening and detection of primary aldosteronism.
  Clinical Endocrinology, March 19, 2021
• Anticoagulant Therapy and Dementia Risk Among AF Patients Might treatment of atrial fibrillation with non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants confer a lower dementia risk compared with warfarin?
  Europace, March 18, 2021
• The Year in Cardiovascular Medicine 2020: Arrhythmias This paper reviews new guidelines and important clinical trials and studies that were published in 2020 in the field of arrhythmias and pacing.
  European Heart Journal, March 17, 2021
• Preventing AF After Cardiac Surgery: What Matters Most A novel procedure offers a simple, intraoperative intervention to prevent post-operative atrial fibrillation, but questions remain on whether it will improve long-term clinical outcomes.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology, March 16, 2021
• Review of Cardiac Involvement in MIS-C MIS-C is a rare complication of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children. This paper details what we know about its pathophysiology, management, and prognosis, with a focus on its cardiac involvement.
  Circulation, March 16, 2021
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Atrial Fibrillation Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is prevalent in up to 23% of all AF patients. This review examines the complex inter-relationship of these two conditions and their joint management.
  European Heart Journal, March 15, 2021
• Influences on Testosterone and Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin In what ways might these various factors impact male serum testosterone concentrations and sex hormone-binding globulin? What are the implications?
  Clinical Endocrinology, March 12, 2021
• Non-vitamin K Oral Anticoagulants and Risk of Fractures Is the risk of fracture associated with the use of NOACs lower than that seen with vitamin K antagonists in patients with atrial fibrillation?
  Europace, March 08, 2021
• Outcomes in Unilateral Primary Aldosteronism After Therapy A new study compares outcomes between surgical and medical therapy among patients with unilateral primary aldosteronism. Is there a superior option?
  Clinical Endocrinology, February 26, 2021
• Sex Differences in Treatment and Outcomes of Ischemic Stroke This study analyzed how male and female patients with acute ischemic stroke differed in terms of symptom severity, administration of AIS treatments, in-hospital mortality, and functional outcome.
  Stroke, February 15, 2021
• Antiplatelet Therapy in Coronary Artery Disease Patients Many considerations influence decisions on optimal duration of therapy with DAPT in patients with CAD, especially those with multiple comorbidities or undergoing interventional procedures.
  American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs, February 12, 2021