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ReviewJACC. Advances2024

Atrial Fibrillation in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

Adaya Weissler-Snir, Sara Saberi, Timothy C Wong, Antonis Pantazis, Anjali Owens, Alexander Leunig, Chikezie Alvarez, Florian Rader

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Review in JACC. Advances, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  8. Additional Stroke Risk Factors Beyond the CHAJournal of clinical medicine · 2026
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  17. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Current Perspectives.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025
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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

8 authors.

Adaya Weissler-SnirIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
Sara SaberiDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Timothy C WongHeart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Antonis PantazisCardiomyopathy Service, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Anjali OwensUniversity of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Alexander LeunigHeart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Chikezie AlvarezSection of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Florian RaderSmidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is common among patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) with a prevalence greater than 25%. AF in HCM is associated with a high risk of stroke and can be a marker of more advanced cardiomyopathy. Although, it frequently results in cardiac hemodynamic changes which are poorly tolerated, it can be subclinical. Thus, prompt diagnosis and adequate management of AF are essential to minimizing AF-related adverse outcomes in HCM. All HCM patients should be screened for AF regularly, and those with high-risk features should be screened more frequently preferably with extended ambulatory monitoring. Once AF is detected, oral anticoagulation should be initiated. Both general and HCM-specific modifiable risk factors should be addressed and assessment for cardiomyopathy progression should be performed. Although no randomized controlled studies have compared rate versus rhythm control in HCM, early rhythm control could be considered to prevent further LA remodeling.

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anti-coagulationatrial fibrillationhypertrophic cardiomyopathyrate controlrhythm control

Identifiers

PMID39247675
PMCPMC11379995

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