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Europace
January 2025
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Background And Aims: Atrial fibrillation (AF) or atrial flutter (AFL) after cardiac surgery are common and associated with adverse outcomes. The increased risk related to AF or AFL may extend beyond discharge. This study aims to determine whether photoplethysmography (PPG)-based smartphone monitoring to detect AF or AFL after hospital discharge following cardiac surgery improves AF management.
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January 2025
Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Via Commenda 19, Milan 20122, Italy.
Front Cardiovasc Med
January 2025
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a prevalent cardiac arrhythmia, with ventricular rate control being a critical therapeutic target. However, the optimal range for ventricular rate control remains unclear. Additionally, the relationship between different levels of ventricular rate control and cardiac remodeling in patients with atrial fibrillation remains unclear.
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December 2024
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA.
An 83-year-old man with known history of atrial fibrillation presented for preoperative evaluation for elective left nephrectomy for cancer. Transthoracic echocardiogram revealed a large, free-floating, left atrial mass. Further profiling with transesophageal echocardiogram showed a free-floating mass intermittently obstructing the mitral valve.
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December 2024
Division of Cardiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
An 85-year-old woman with atrial fibrillation was found to have a large 4.5- × 3.5-cm left atrial mass.
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