Temporal Patterns and Predictors of Rate vs Rhythm Control in Patients Attending a Multidisciplinary Atrial Fibrillation Clinic.

Background: Contemporary trends in the selection of and persistence with rate vs rhythm control for atrial fibrillation (AF) are not well studied, particularly in the context of multidisciplinary AF clinics.

Methods: The initial arrhythmia management strategy in 1031 consecutive patients attending a multidisciplinary AF clinic from 2005-2012 was analyzed.

Results: The 397 (38.

Preoperative neutrophil:lymphocyte and platelet:lymphocyte ratios predict endometrial cancer survival.

Background: Variations in systemic inflammatory response biomarker levels have been associated with adverse clinical outcome in various malignancies. This study determined the prognostic significance of preoperative neutrophil:lymphocyte (NLR), platelet:lymphocyte (PLR) and monocyte:lymphocyte (MLR) ratios in endometrial cancer.

Methods: Clinicopathological and 5-year follow-up data were obtained for a retrospective series of surgically treated endometrial cancer patients (n=605).

Treating the right patient at the right time: an innovative approach to the management of atrial fibrillation.

The Canadian Cardiovascular Society Access to Care Working Group recently published a series of commentaries on access to cardiovascular care in Canada. These commentaries included proposed minimally acceptable wait times for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) to be assessed by a cardiologist or an electrophysiologist. To improve access to medical care for the patient with AF, a nurse clinician-based AF clinic was established in the Calgary Health Region (Alberta) in 2005.