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ArticleJournal of atrial fibrillation2018

Interrupting the Natural History of Atrial Fibrillation. Image from the Future.

Dimitris Tsiachris, Sotiria Stabola, Athanasios Kordalis, Christodoulos Stefanadis

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Article in Journal of atrial fibrillation, 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Dimitris TsiachrisAthens Heart Center, Athens Medical Center, Athens, Greece.
Sotiria StabolaAthens Heart Center, Athens Medical Center, Athens, Greece.
Athanasios KordalisAthens Heart Center, Athens Medical Center, Athens, Greece.
Christodoulos StefanadisAthens Heart Center, Athens Medical Center, Athens, Greece.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An injectable loop recorder was implanted in a 76-year old patient due to recurrent unexplained syncope.In the first week after implantation, asymptomatic short-term atrial fibrillation was recorded and oral anticoaguation was prescribed. Two weeks later the patient suffered a presyncope and a 5.8 seconds pause was recorded at the time of conversion of atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm. A Micra Transcatheter Pacing System was implanted based on the minimum pacing needs. Atrial fibrillation episodes became frequent and severe symptomatic without syncope relapse. Antiarrhythmic treatment was initiated and failed and the patient underwent pulmonary vein isolation 6 months later. Antiarrhythmics were discontinued right after atrial fibrillation ablation.The patient remains free of atrial fibrillation episodes based on the injectable loop recorder 1 year follow up.

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CryoablationInjectable Loop RecorderLeadless PacemakerSyncope

Identifiers

PMID29988242
PMCPMC6006976

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