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ReviewNature reviews. Disease primers2022

Atrial fibrillation.

Bianca J J M Brundel, Xun Ai, Mellanie True Hills, Myrthe F Kuipers, Gregory Y H Lip, Natasja M S de Groot

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Review in Nature reviews. Disease primers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 320 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
320citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
70.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

320 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 463 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Cryoballoon ablation vs. antiarrhythmic drug therapy as initial treatment for persistent atrial fibrillation: the multicentre randomized CEPAF trial.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2026
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  16. Sphingomyelin as a key negative mediator in atrial fibrillation via lipid profiling analysis and functional identification.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2026
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  19. Understanding the Diseased Atria.Physiology (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026
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260 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Bianca J J M BrundelDepartment of Physiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, VU Universiteit, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands. b.brundel@amsterdamumc.nl.ORCID 0000-0002-4768-234X
Xun AiDepartment of Physiology and Cell Biology, College of Medicine/Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0739-0286
Mellanie True HillsStopAfib.org, American Foundation for Women's Health, Decatur, TX, USA.
Myrthe F KuipersAFIPonline.org, Atrial Fibrillation Innovation Platform, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Gregory Y H LipLiverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Liverpool and Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7566-1626
Natasja M S de GrootDepartment of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
American Society for Reproductive Medicine · USAmsterdam University Medical Centers · NLAtria · NLErasmus MC · NLThe Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center · USUniversity of Liverpool · GB

Funding

The Stress Response Kinase JNK and Alcohol Evoked Atrial FibrillationR01AA024769 · NIAAA · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI AI, XUN, CHEN, SUI RONG WAYNE · 2017 to 2021
$3.3M
Heart-platelet crosstalk: JNK, AF, and thrombogenesisR01HL146744 · NHLBI · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Xun Ai, Yuchi Han · 2019 to 2026
$3.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL146744NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA024769
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia despite substantial efforts to understand the pathophysiology of the condition and develop improved treatments. Identifying the underlying causative mechanisms of AF in individual patients is difficult and the efficacy of current therapies is suboptimal. Consequently, the incidence of AF is steadily rising and there is a pressing need for novel therapies. Research has revealed that defects in specific molecular pathways underlie AF pathogenesis, resulting in electrical conduction disorders that drive AF. The severity of this so-called electropathology correlates with the stage of AF disease progression and determines the response to AF treatment. Therefore, unravelling the molecular mechanisms underlying electropathology is expected to fuel the development of innovative personalized diagnostic tools and mechanism-based therapies. Moreover, the co-creation of AF studies with patients to implement novel diagnostic tools and therapies is a prerequisite for successful personalized AF management. Currently, various treatment modalities targeting AF-related electropathology, including lifestyle changes, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical therapy, substrate-based ablative therapy, and neuromodulation, are available to maintain sinus rhythm and might offer a novel holistic strategy to treat AF.

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Atrial FibrillationHumans

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PMID35393446
OpenAlexW4223534056

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