2023
PPP1R12C Promotes Atrial Hypocontractility in Atrial Fibrillation
Perike S, Gonzalez-Gonzalez F, Abu-Taha I, Damen F, Hanft L, Lizama K, Aboonabi A, Capote A, Aguilar-Sanchez Y, Levin B, Han Z, Sridhar A, Grand J, Martin J, Akar J, Warren C, Solaro R, Ong S, Darbar D, McDonald K, Goergen C, Wolska B, Dobrev D, Wehrens X, McCauley M. PPP1R12C Promotes Atrial Hypocontractility in Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation Research 2023, 133: 758-771. PMID: 37737016, PMCID: PMC10616980, DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.123.322516.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSinus rhythm controlsAtrial hypocontractilityAF inducibilityAtrial contractilityAtrial fibrillationRhythm controlHuman patientsRight atrial appendage tissuePacing-induced AFThromboembolic stroke riskAtrial ejection fractionAtrial appendage tissueAtrial HL-1 cellsHL-1 cellsAtrial strainStroke riskAtrial sizeEjection fractionContractile functionElectrophysiology studyHypocontractilityWestern blotPatientsAtrial myosin light chainSarcomere function
2009
Multicenter randomized study of anticoagulation guided by remote rhythm monitoring in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and CRT-D devices: Rationale, design, and clinical characteristics of the initially enrolled cohort The IMPACT study
Ip J, Waldo AL, Lip GY, Rothwell PM, Martin DT, Bersohn MM, Choucair WK, Akar JG, Wathen MS, Rohani P, Halperin JL, Investigators F. Multicenter randomized study of anticoagulation guided by remote rhythm monitoring in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and CRT-D devices: Rationale, design, and clinical characteristics of the initially enrolled cohort The IMPACT study. American Heart Journal 2009, 158: 364-370.e1. PMID: 19699858, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.07.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAtrial high-rate episodesRisk of strokeAnticoagulant therapyAtrial fibrillationAtrial flutterCardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator deviceConventional clinical managementRemote rhythm monitoringStudies of anticoagulationRate of strokeOral anticoagulant therapyHigh-rate episodesAdditional risk factorsCRT-D devicesStroke risk stratificationCommon cardiac arrhythmiaAHRE burdenElectrocardiographic documentationMajor bleedingSystemic embolismProphylactic therapyClinical characteristicsStroke riskAnticoagulation decisionsClinical features