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Featured
Frequency of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities in a Half Million Adults
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital recently published the results of their analysis of arrhythmias in the UK Biobank, a national cohort of over 500k community-based individuals recruited to assess risk factors for disorders affecting people from middle-age onward.
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Largest genetic study establishes hereditary links to atrial fibrillation
A study led by Mass General cardiologist Patrick T. Ellinor, MD, PhD, identified 97 genetic loci that are significantly associated with atrial fibrillation.
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Improved Identification of Patients at Risk for Atrial Fibrillation
Steve Lubitz, MD, MPH, discusses his team’s work focusing on understanding the mechanisms of atrial fibrillation through human genetics, and understanding how best to identify patients at risk for the arrhythmia.
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AI-based Analysis of ECGs Complements CHARGE-AF Score for Predicting AF
Steven A. Lubitz, MD, MPH, and Shaan Khurshid, MD, MPH, of the Cardiovascular Research Center, and colleagues developed a deep learning computer model that predicts five-year risk of atrial fibrillation using 12-lead ECG data, performing as well as the CHARGE-AF score and even better when combined with that score.
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Pilot: Mind–Body Interventions Enhance Coping by Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers found in a pilot randomized, waitlist-controlled trial that the SMART Program (an eight-week group-based, virtually delivered mind–body intervention) improved quality of life, and stress reactivity/coping, and had positive effects in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation patients.
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Watchman Device: Death, Stroke and Device Embolization Can Occur Well After Implantation
Cardiologists at Massachusetts General Hospital have gathered real-world data on adverse events related to the implantation of the original Watchman left atrial appendage closure device, including events that occurred a year or more after the implant procedure.
Arrhythmia Contributors
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Conor D. Barrett, MBBCh, BAO
Clinical Director, Telemachus & Irene Demoulas Family Foundation Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Treating Athletes with Arrhythmias: A Partnership Approach
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James Louis Januzzi, MD
Hutter Family Professor of Medicine, Director, Dennis and Marilyn Barry Fellowship in Cardiology Research
Recent Article
Reverse Cardiac Remodeling May Underlie Benefit of Sacubitril/Valsartan in HFrEF
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Patrick T. Ellinor, MD, PhD
Director, Telemachus & Irene Demoulas Family Foundation Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
ADAMTS7 Knockdown Might Treat Atherosclerosis
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Steven A. Lubitz, MD, MPH
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Recent Article
AI-based Analysis of ECGs Complements CHARGE-AF Score for Predicting AF
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