Abstract:
:Clear guidelines are lacking for the management of the clinical pattern of first-episode type atrial fibrillation (AF). We retrospectively analysed the clinical evolution of patients with self-limited first episode AF identified from among from 200 patients who had been hospitalised in our cardiology ward with AF. Of the 200 patients, 33 (16.5%) were self-limited first episode. Over a mean follow-up of 19.5+/-12.5 months (53.6 patient-years), 7 patients (21%) had recurrence of arrhythmia and 4 patients (12%) had a thromboembolic episode (7.4 episodes/100 patient-years of follow-up). These results indicate that the profile of thromboembolic risk, and not that of clinical profile presentation of AF, should be the criteria by which to judge the indication for anti-coagulant treatment.
journal_name
Int J Cardioljournal_title
International journal of cardiologyauthors
Vázquez E,Márquez-García Adoi
10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.08.090subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-10-01 00:00:00pages
213-4issue
2eissn
0167-5273issn
1874-1754pii
S0167-5273(06)01230-7journal_volume
121pub_type
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.02.001
更新日期:2005-03-18 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 信件
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2009-04-17 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 信件,随机对照试验
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 评论,信件
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更新日期:2009-02-06 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.05.003
更新日期:2019-08-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 信件
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.05.022
更新日期:2009-08-21 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.07.002
更新日期:2017-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.04.020
更新日期:2010-10-08 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.05.055
更新日期:2013-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.107
更新日期:2015-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.10.059
更新日期:2013-12-10 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.03.016
更新日期:2010-09-03 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 评论,信件
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更新日期:2011-02-17 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2009-01-24 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0167-5273(81)90030-9
更新日期:1981-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 信件
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更新日期:2009-04-17 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0167-5273(90)90006-q
更新日期:1990-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1992-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.08.051
更新日期:2019-02-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2015-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1985-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2008-04-10 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2016-09-15 00:00:00