Understanding the Risk to Develop Atrial Fibrillation

Understanding the Risk to Develop Atrial Fibrillation

MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis) is an observational cohort study to determine the prevalence, correlates, and progression of subclinical cardiovascular disease. MESA participants were 45 to 84 years of age and were asymptomatic of clinical cardiovascular disease in 2000 to 2002 at recruitment and were studied in 6 centers in the United States. This ambitious setting offered the uni...

Useful understanding of postoperative atrial fibrillation.

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Current Understanding on Mechanisms Leading to Atrial Fibrillation

Understanding atrial fibrillation: a historical perspective.

Atrial Fibrillation - Current Understanding and Management Strategies

169 Introduction Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is an arrhythmia characterized by irregular, disorganized and chaotic electrical activity of the atrium. The ECG classically is represented by low amplitude, variable and irregular base-line undulations corresponding to atrial rate in the range of 400-600/min. The ventricular rate is irregularly irregular (Fig. 1). The mean ventricular rate is usually b...