Mild hypothermia (33°C) increases the inducibility of atrial fibrillation: An in vivo large animal model study.
Martin ManningerAlessio AlognaDavid ZweikerBirgit ZirngastStefan ReiterViktoria HerbstHeinrich MaechlerBurkert M PieskeFrank R HeinzelHelmut BrusseeHeiner PostDaniel ScherrPublished in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2018)
Our data imply that MH represents an arrhythmic substrate rendering the atria more susceptible to AF although conduction times as well as refractory periods are increased. Further investigations on potential electrophysiological limits of therapeutic cooling in patients are required.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- cardiac arrest
- peritoneal dialysis
- left atrial appendage
- catheter ablation
- machine learning
- oral anticoagulants
- venous thromboembolism
- risk assessment
- climate change
- direct oral anticoagulants
- amino acid
- deep learning