04147nam 2201033z- 450 991055750720332120220111(CKB)5400000000044484(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/76719(oapen)doab76719(EXLCZ)99540000000004448420202201d2021 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierNew Perspective in Atrial FibrillationBasel, SwitzerlandMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute20211 online resource (224 p.)3-0365-1822-3 3-0365-1821-5 In spite of the large volume of associated research, the pathophysiological mechanisms involved in atrial fibrillation (AF) onset and recurrence remain uncertain. This may explain why the performances of thromboembolic and bleeding prediction scores in AF patients are limited. In the past few years, the concept of atrial cardiopathy has emerged as a promising lead to connect AF to stroke, heart failure, and inflammatory processes: indeed, all of the mechanisms associated with atrial remodeling and the development of atrial cardiopathy are also likely to promote the development of AF. This recent concept of atrial cardiopathy suggests that the real trigger of stroke may be an abnormal atrial substrate rather than atrial rhythm itself. In this setting, AF could be seen as a symptom of atrial cardiopathy rather than a risk factor of stroke. In the absence of validated clinical markers of atrial cardiopathy, the search for the mechanism of AF remains the cornerstone of cardioembolic stroke prevention for now.The aim of this Special Issue is to gather basic research as well as pathophysiological and epidemiological papers focused on the relationship between atrial substrates and atrial fibrillation onset, recurrence, and outcomes.Medicine and Nursingbicsscablationacute myocardial infarctionageanticoagulationantiplatelet therapyarrhythmiaatrial cardiopathyatrial fibrillationatrial remodelingatrial tachycardiaautonomic nervous systembiomarkersbleeding riskBNPcardiaccardiac ablationcardiac remodelingcatheter ablationcircRNAconvergent ablationcoronary artery bypass graftingcoronary artery diseasedementiaearly-onsetelderlyelectroporationepicardial adipose tissueganglionated plexiheartheart rate variabilityhybrid ablationhypertensionirreversible electroporationischemic strokeleft atrial appendage closureleft atrial appendage occlusionmechanismmiRNAmitochondriamortalitymtDNAn/anew oral anticoagulantsNOACoutcomeparoxysmal atrial fibrillationpersistent atrial fibrillationpharmacotherapyposterior wallpostoperative atrial fibrillationpreventionprognosispulsed field ablationrisk factorSNPsspatiotemporal dispersionstatinVKAMedicine and NursingGuenancia Charlesedt1290021Guenancia CharlesothBOOK9910557507203321New Perspective in Atrial Fibrillation3021308UNINA