Atrial fibrillation fingerprinting; spotting bio-electrical markers to early recognize atrial fibrillation by the use of a bottom-up approach (AFFIP): Rationale and design.
Roeliene StarreveldPaul KnopsKennedy S RamosMaarten C Roos-SeroteAd J J C BogersBianca J J M BrundelNatasja M S De GrootPublished in: Clinical cardiology (2020)
The AFFIP study will elucidate whether electrophysiological and structural characteristics represent a novel diagnostic tool, the AF fingerprint, to predict onset and early progression of AF in cardiac surgery patients.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- cardiac surgery
- oral anticoagulants
- end stage renal disease
- left atrial
- catheter ablation
- left atrial appendage
- newly diagnosed
- direct oral anticoagulants
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- acute kidney injury
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- prognostic factors
- patient reported
- left ventricular
- quality control