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Cryoballoon Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Octogenarians
Author(s): Tauseef Akhtar , Ronald Berger , Joseph E Marine , et al Added: 3 years ago
AF is a common and clinically impactful arrhythmia. Given both the association of AF with aging and the increasing number of elderly people in the general population, it follows that many AF patients are of advanced age. The management of AF in the geriatric population is associated with several challenges, including multiple comorbidities, increased toxicity of antiarrhythmic drugs (AAD), an… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
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Atrial Fibrillation

 Job title: Professor of Medicine and Director of Electrophysiology
Dr Hugh Calkins isProfessor of Medicine and Director of Electrophysiology at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institution in Baltimore, US. He has clinical and research interests in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias with catheter ablation, the role of device therapy for treating ventricular arrhythmias, the evaluation and management of syncope and the study of arrhythmogenic right ventricular… View more
Implantable Cardiac Electronic Devices in the Elderly Population
Author(s): Wei-Yao Lim , Sandeep Prabhu Added: 3 years ago
The number of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED) has been increasing year-on-year.1 This, coupled with improvements in life expectancy,2 means that more elderly patients will meet the criteria for a CIED. National and international guidelines set out clear criteria and make recommendations for CIED use based on available evidence.3–6 However, the majority of clinical trials include few… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Author(s): Samuel Lévy Added: 3 years ago
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice and may be associated with symptoms, haemodynamic impairment and frightening embolic complications. In 1998 recommendations on the management of AF were reported by the Working Group of Arrhythmias of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). 1 The American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American… View more

Standards & Guidelines

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Author(s): Jean-Baptiste Gourraud , Jason G Andrade , Laurent Macle , et al Added: 3 years ago
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia observed in clinical practice, occurring in approximately 2 % of the general population.1–3 A progressive increase in both the prevalence and incidence of AF has been demonstrated in recent years, defining AF as a major economic and public health issue.1 The identification of sites of AF initiation and/or maintenance within… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia

Prevention & Chronic Conditions