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ReviewHeart failure reviews2021

The management of atrial fibrillation in heart failure: an expert panel consensus.

Dimitrios Farmakis, Christina Chrysohoou, Gregory Giamouzis, George Giannakoulas, Michalis Hamilos, Katerina Naka, Stylianos Tzeis, Sotirios Xydonas, Apostolos Karavidas, John Parissis

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Review in Heart failure reviews, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.

Dimitrios FarmakisShakolas Educational Center for Clinical Medicine, University of Cyprus Medical School, Palaios dromos Lefkosias Lemesou No.215/6, Aglantzia, 2029, Nicosia, Cyprus. farmakis.dimitrios@ucy.ac.cy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8364-3447
Christina ChrysohoouFirst Department of Cardiology, Hippokratio Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece.
Gregory GiamouzisDepartment of Cardiology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
George GiannakoulasFirst Department of Cardiology, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Michalis HamilosDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece.
Katerina NakaSecond Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Stylianos TzeisDepartment of Cardiology, Mitera General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Sotirios XydonasDepartment of Cardiology, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Apostolos KaravidasDepartment of Cardiology, "G. Gennimatas" General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
John ParissisHeart Failure Unit, Department of Cardiology, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRAristotle University of Thessaloniki · GREvangelismos Hospital · GRGeneral Hospital of Athens G. Genimatas · GRMitera Hospital · GRUniversity Hospital of Heraklion · GRUniversity of Ioannina · GRUniversity of Thessaly · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) often coexist, being closely interrelated as the one increases the prevalence and incidence and worsens the prognosis of the other. Their frequent coexistence raises several challenges, including under-diagnosis of HF with preserved ejection fraction in AF and of AF in HF, characterization and diagnosis of atrial cardiomyopathy, target and impact of rate control therapy on outcomes, optimal rhythm control strategy in the era of catheter ablation, HF-related thromboembolic risk and management of anticoagulation in patients with comorbidities, such as chronic kidney disease or transient renal function worsening, coronary artery disease or acute coronary syndromes, valvular or structural heart disease interventions and cancer. In the present document, derived by an expert panel meeting, we sought to focus on the above challenging issues, outlining the existing evidence and identifying gaps in knowledge that need to be addressed.

Indexed as

Atrial FibrillationHeart FailureThromboembolismAnticoagulantsHumansAnticoagulantsAtrial fibrillationDirect oral anticoagulantsHeart failureNon-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulantsRate controlRhythm control

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PMID32468277
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