Management of atrial fibrillation in Chinese patients

CVD Prevention and Control

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-83

  Ma, Changsheng ^a   Qi, Wenhang ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Chinese

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; PROPAFENONE; SOTALOL; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EMBOLISM PREVENTION; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LOW DRUG DOSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 60749107760     PISSN: 18754570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvdpc.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Benjamin E.J., Levy D., Vaziri S.M., et al. Independent risk factors for atrial fibrillation in a population-based cohort: the Framingham heart study. JAMA 271 (1994) 840-844
2. Zhou Z.Q., Hu D.Y., Chen J., Zhang R.H., Li K.B., and Zhao X.L. An epidemiological survey of atrial fibrillation in China Chinese. Chin J Int Med (Chinese) 26 (2004) 491-494
3. Miyasaka T., Barnes M.E., Gersh B.J., et al. Secular trends in incidence of atrial fibrillation in Olmsted County, Minnesota, 1980-2000, and implications on the projections for future prevalence. Circulation 114 (2006) 119-125
4. Lloyd-Jones D.M., Wang T.J., Leip E.P., et al. Lifetime risk for development of atrial fibrillation the Framingham heart study. Circulation 110 (2004) 1042-1046
5. Qi W. Retrospective investigation of hospitalized patients with atrial fibrillation in mainland China. Int J Cardiol 105 (2005) 283-287
6. Feigin V.L., Lawes C.M., Bennett D.A., and Anderson C.S. Stroke epidemiology: a review of population-based studies of incidence, prevalence, and casefatality in the late 20th century. Lancet Neurol 2 (2003) 43-53
7. Ma C.S., Zhou Y.J., Ma Y., et al. A follow up study of incidence of stroke and risk factors in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation in Beijing area. Chin J Cardiol (Chinese) 30 (2002) 165-167
8. Hu D.Y., Sun Y.H., Zhou Z.Q., et al. Risk factors for stroke in Chinese with non valvular atrial fibrillation: a case control study. Chin J Int Med (Chinese) 42 (2003) 157-161
9. Mant J., Hobbs F.D., Fletcher K., et al. Warfarin versus aspirin for stroke prevention in an elderly community population with atrial fibrillation (the Birmingham atrial fibrillation treatment of the aged study, BAFTA): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 370 (2007) 460-461
10. Hylek E.M., Evans-Molina C., Shea C., et al. Major hemorrhage and tolerability of warfarin in the first year of therapy. Circulation 115 (2007) 2689-2696
11. Poli D., Antonucci E., Marcucci R., et al. Risk of bleeding in very old atrial fibrillation patients on warfarin: relationship with ageing and CHADS(2) score. Thromb Res (2007) [June 25, Epub ahead of print]
12. Hu D.Y., Zhang H.P., Sun Y.H., and Jiang L.Q. The randomized study of efficiency and safety of antithrombotic therapy in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: warfarin compared with aspirin. Chin J Cardiol (Chinese) 34 (2006) 295-298
13. Sun Y.H., and Hu D.Y. The efficiency and safety of anticoagulation therapy in atrial fibrillation in Chinese. Chin J Int Med (Chinese) 43 (2004) 258-260
14. Shen A.Y., Yao J.F., Brar S.S., et al. Racial/ethnic differences in the risk of intracranial hemorrhage among patients with atrial fibrillation. J Am Coll Cardiol 50 (2007) 309-315
15. Suzuki S., Yamashita T., Kato T., et al. Incidence of major bleeding complication of warfarin therapy in Japanese patients with atrial fibrillation. Circ J 71 (2007) 761-765
16. Ma C.S., Liu X.P., Dong J.Z., et al. Radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation originating from the pulmonary veins: two cases report. Chin J Cardiac Pacing Electrophysiol (Chinese) 13 (1999) 134-136
17. Liu X.P., Dong J.Z., Hu F.L., et al. Achievement of pulmonary vein isolation in patients undergoing circumferential pulmonary vein ablation: a randomized comparison between two different isolation approaches. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 17 (2006) 1-8
18. Ma C.S., Dong J.Z., Liu X.P., et al. Pulmonar vein tachycardia after pulmonary vein isolation in patients with atrial fibrillation. Chin Med J (Engl) 119 (2006) 345-348