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ReviewFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2019

P Wave Indices-Advancing Our Understanding of Atrial Fibrillation-Related Cardiovascular Outcomes.

Lin Y Chen, Elsayed Z Soliman

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Review in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Atrial cardiopathy and cognitive impairment.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lin Y ChenCardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
Elsayed Z SolimanDepartment of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, United States.
University of Minnesota Medical Center · USWake Forest University · US

Funding

Significance of Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Fibrillation Burden Detected by Novel ECG Monitoring in Community-Dwelling ElderlyR01HL126637 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI CHEN, LIN YEE · 2016 to 2020
$3.7M
Left Atrial Abnormality and Atrial Fibrillation-Related Cerebral Infarcts and Cognitive DeclineR01HL141288 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI CHEN, LIN YEE · 2018 to 2021
$2.1M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL126637NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL141288
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke, heart failure, cognitive decline, dementia, myocardial infarction, sudden cardiac death (SCD), and all-cause death. Although these associations are firmly established, our understanding of the underlying mechanisms remains incomplete. Accumulating evidence suggests that left atrial (LA) abnormality or atrial cardiomyopathy may explain the relationship of AF to the aforementioned outcomes. P-wave indices (PWIs) reflect underlying atrial remodeling. In this mini review, we define representative PWIs, discuss state-of-the-art knowledge on the relationship between abnormal PWIs and AF-related cardiovascular outcomes (focusing on ischemic stroke and sudden cardiac death), and propose directions for future research. Our ultimate goal is to present a practical way forward to advance the emerging field of LA abnormality or atrial cardiomyopathy.

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atrial fibirillationP wave axisP wave durationP wave indicesstroke

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PMID31131284
PMCPMC6509260
OpenAlexW2942525499

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