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ReviewCurrent treatment options in cardiovascular medicine2018

Atrial Fibrillation Ablation and its Impact on Stroke.

Kevin G Graves, Victoria Jacobs, Heidi T May, Michael J Cutler, John D Day, T Jared Bunch

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Review in Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Indications and Techniques.Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Kevin G GravesIntermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT, USA.
Victoria JacobsIntermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT, USA.
Heidi T MayIntermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT, USA.
Michael J CutlerIntermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT, USA.
John D DayIntermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT, USA.
T Jared BunchIntermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT, USA. Thomas.bunch@imail.org.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a commonly encountered arrhythmia, which is not yet fully understood. Catheter ablation has shown to be an effective strategy for rhythm management and several small or retrospective studies have shown that stroke rates are decreased in ablated AF patients compared to those medically managed. Several studies even show that ablation returns stroke risk to that of non-AF patients. Large scale, prospective trials will further illuminate this connection and provide mechanistic understanding of the role of the procedure versus the process of selection for the procedure and peri- and post-procedural therapy and management. Furthermore, modification of risk factors associated with AF show a significant increase in the sustained success of AF ablation and can also moderate the progression of AF.

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ArrhythmiaAtrial fibrillationCatheter ablationStroke

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PMID29362904

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