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• European Heart Journal, 30.8.2024, "2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation" (PDF)
• ESC, 30.8.2024, Guidelines für VHF Patienten, "Management of Atrial Fibrillation: What Patients Need to Know" (PDF)
• Herzmedizin.de, 16.9.2024, Neue ESC-Leitlinie Vorhofflimmern

• ACC, 2023, Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation (PDF), Key Perspectives
• Uni Zh, Institut für Hausarztmedizin, 8/22, Guideline 2023 "Vorhofflimmern" (PDF)

• DGK-Leitlinien, 2020, Pocket-Guide: "Vorhofflimmern: Diagnose & Behandlung" (PDF)
• ESC, "2020 Guidelines for Management of Atrial Fibrillation"
• ESC, "2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery" (PDF)
• WIKIPEDIA: Vorhofflimmern
• Kompetenznetz-Vorhofflimmern.de:  AFNET Publikationen

• Medix-Guideline, 2018 (PDF),  revidiert 03/2022 (PDF)

• Thromb Haemost (Review), 2021, "The 4S-AF Scheme (Stroke Risk; Symptoms; Severity of Burden; Substrate): A Novel Approach to In-Depth Characterization (Rather than Classification) of Atrial Fibrillation" (PDF)

• Netdoktor.ch, 12.1.2022, "Vorhofflimmern: Symptome, Diagnose und Therapie"
• Deutsche Herzstiftung, 2018, "Vorhofflimmern - Herz ausser Takt" (PDF),
• Deutsche Herzstiftung Playlist zum Thema "Vorhofflimmern": YouTube-Videos
• Unispital ZH, Vorhofflimmern ***
• MayoClinic, Artrial Fibrillation: Symptoms&Causes, Diagnosis&Treatment
• Inselspital: Rhythmussprechstunde

• WIKIPEDIA: Antiarrhythmika, AV-Knoten-Reentrytachykardie, Elektrophysiologische Untersuchung, Herzrhytmussstörungen, Hyperkinetisches Herzsyndrom, Kardioversion, Pulmonalvenenisolation, Supraventrikuläre Tachykardie, Vorhofflattern, Vorhofflimmern
• DocCheck: Herzrhythmusstörung (AV-Block, AV-Reentrytachykardie, Schenkelblock, Ventrikuläre Extrasystole, Vorhofflimmern)
• AMBOSS: Vorhofflimmern
• GelbeListe: Antiarrhythmika

• Deutsche Herzstiftung, 13.10.2022, "Turbulenzen im Herz: Was man über Vorhofflimmern wissen muss"
• Internisten im Netz, 30.9.2021, "Was man über VHF wissen muss"
• Swiss Medical Forum, 5.12.2018, "supraventrikuläre Tachykardien: Mechanismen, Diagnose, Therapien"

• Deutsche Herzstiftung, 2018, "Vorhofflimmern - Herz ausser Takt" (PDF),
• Kardiologie.org, 13.9.2017, "Je ausgeprägter die linksatriale Fibrose, desto höher das Schlaganfallrisiko"

• Deutsches Ärzteblatt, 2015, Perspektiven der Kardiologie: supraventrikulärer Tachykardie (PDF)

• IDW-Nachrichten, 1.4.2025, "Vorhofflimmer-Belastung: Neue Konsensdefinition soll Versorgung und Forschung verbessern"
• EPA Eurpean Pace, 12.3.2025, "Atrial fibrillation burden in clinical practice, research, and technology development: a clinical consensus statement of the European Society of Cardiology Council on Stroke and the European Heart Rhythm Association" 

Clinical consensus statement to propose a unified definition of AF burden for clinical practice, research, and technology development. AF, atrial fibrillation; ECG, electrocardiogram; ICM, insertable cardiac monitor; LEAF, longest episode of atrial fibrillation; PPG, photoplethysmogram.

• European Heart Journal, 3.2.203, "Premature atrial and ventricular contractions detected on wearable-format electrocardiograms and prediction of cardiovascular events" (PDF)
• N Engl J Med, 14.11.2019, Large-Scale Assessment of a Smartwatch to Identify Atrial Fibrillation (PDF)

• EKG-Kurs: Supraventrikuläre Tachykardien – AVNRT, AVRT, WPW, Delta Welle: Video
• EKG-Kurs: Extrasystolen (Supra & Ventrikulär, Bigeminus, Couplet, Therapie): Video
• EKG-Kurs: Vorhofflimmern & Vorhofflattern – EKG, Pathologie, Therapie (Tachyarrhythmia absoluta, EKG-Kurs): Video
• Antiarrhythmika - Pharmakologie (Amiodaron, β-Blocker, Ajmalin, Adrenalin, Atropin, Digitalis, VHF): Video

• UT Health East Texas, 1.3.2021, "Atrial Fibrillation: New Solutions for an Old Problem" (YouTube)
• Armando Hasudungan, 11.2.2020, Atrial Fibrillation Overview - ECG, types, pathophysiology, treatment, complications (YouTube)
• Osmose, 30.5.2016, "Atrial fibrillation (A-fib, AF) - causes, symptoms, treatment & pathology" (YouTube)

• IDW Nachrichten, 8.1.2025, "Immunologische Prozesse bei Vorhofflimmern...."
• JAHA, August 2024, "Psychosocial Stressors at Work and Atrial Fibrillation Incidence" (PDF)
• NIH, 24.8.2023, Recruited macrophages elicit atrial fibrillation (PDF)
• European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 9.2.2021, "The relationship between blood pressure and risk of atrial fibrillation" (PDF)
• European Heart Journal, 13.1.2021, "Alcohol consumption, cardiac biomarkers, and risk of atrial fibrillation and adverse outcomes" (PDF)

• Clinical Cardiology, 6.5.2019, "The cardiac autonomic nervous system: A target for modulation of atrial fibrillation" (PDF)

• UniversimMed,, 12.7.2018, "Kardiales Remodelling bei Vorhofflimmern"

• Neth Heart J, 15.2.2018, "A clinical approach to arrhythmias revisited in 2018: From ECG over noninvasive and invasive electrophysiology to advanced imaging" (PDF)
• • Attempts to prevent atrial and ventricular overloading, and fibrosis (if possible) are of the highest importance. Beta-blockers remain safer than other antiarrhythmic drugs and may prevent benign arrhythmias from becoming malignant.

• Journal of the American Heart Association, 23.1.2018, "Left Atrial Epicardial Fat Volume Is Associated With Atrial Fibrillation: A Prospective Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 3D Dixon Study" (PDF)
• European Heart Journal, 2016, "Novel mechanisms in the pathogenesis of atrial fibrillation: practical applications" (PDF) ***
• • In this review, we chose to focus on several novel aspects of AF pathogenesis ... we explored the contribution of atrial fibrosis, epicardial adipose tissue, autonomic nervous system, hyper-coagulability, and focal drivers to adverse atrial remodelling and AF persistence. ...
  • Emerging data also support a new paradigm for targeting AF substrate with aggressive risk factor management.
  • Finally, multi-disciplinary integrated care approach has shown great promise in improving cardiovascular outcomes of patients with AF along with potential cost savings...

• Circulation Research, 25.4.2014, "Role of the Autonomic Nervous System in Atrial Fibrillation" (PDF)
• Deutsche Herzstiftung: Stress kann Vorhofflimmern auslösen

• Vorhofflimmern.de, "Wo liegt die Ursache für Vorhofflimmern?" (Faktenblatt PDF)

• BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 3.8.2004, "Arrhythmia-provoking factors and symptoms at the onset of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: A study based on interviews with 100 patients seeking hospital assistance" (PDF)
• Europace, 1.1.2004, "Philippe Coumel: a founding father of modern arrhythmology" (PDF)
• • ....there are always three main ingredients required for the production of a clinical arrhythmia, the arrhythmogenic substrate, the trigger factor and the modulation factors of which the most common is the autonomic nervous system...

• Rev. Cardiovasc. Med., 31.5.2022, "Early Echocardiographic Predictors for Atrial Fibrillation Propensity: The Left Atrium Oracle" (PDF)
• American College of Cardiology, 7.3.2022, "Reverse Cardiac Remodeling and Functional Regurgitation in Atrial Fibrillation"
• European Heart Journal, 25.11.2020, "Timing and degree of left atrial stunning and reverse functional remodeling following electrical cardioversion in patients with recent onset atrial fibrillation" (PDF)
• Heart Rhythm Society, 2020, Atrial remodeling and atrial fibrillation in acquired forms of cardiovascular disease (PDF)
• JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, 2017, "Left Atrial Reverse Remodeling: Mechanisms, Evaluation, and Clinical Significance" (PDF)
• Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2014, "Atrial remodeling and atrial fibrillation: recent advances and translational perspectives" (PDF)
• Journal of Echocardiography, 2014, "Reverse atrial remodeling in patients who maintain sinus rhythm after electrical cardioversion: evidence derived from the measurement of total atrial conduction time assessed by PA-TDI interval"
• Journal of Atrial Fibrillation, 2013, "Cardiac Remodeling After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation" (PDF)
• Cardiology Journal, 22.10.2011, "Reverse atrial electrical remodeling: A systematic review" (PDF)
• Helen Wai Kiu Pang, Master Arbeit, July 2011, "Reverse Atrial Electrical Remodeling Induced by Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Patients with Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea" (PDF)
• Sanne Dijkstra, 21.6.2010,  Department of Clinical Pharmacology, "Potential targets to reverse atrial remodeling induced by atrial fibrillation" (PDF)
• Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology,  March 2009, "Reversal of Atrial Remodeling after Cardioversion of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Measured with Magnetocardiography"
• J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, 30.4.2004,  "Reversal of electrical remodeling after cardioversion of persistent atrial fibrillation" (PDF)
• Circulation, 14.3.2000, "Reversal of Atrial Electrical Remodeling After Cardioversion of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation in Humans" (PDF)

• Healthline.com, 30.9.2021, "Can Lupus Cause Arrhythmia?"
• Invasive Electrophysiology and Pacing, 25.11.2020,  "The Role of Autoantibodies in Arrhythmogenesis" (PDF)
• Front. Cardiovasc. Med., 29.4.2020, "Evidence for Inflammation as a Driver of Atrial Fibrillation" (PDF)
• Circulation Journal, 2020, "Cardiac Arrhythmias in Autoimmune Diseases" (PDF)
• Rev Recent Clin Trials, 2018, "Atrial Fibrillation in Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases: from Pathogenesis to Treatment"

• Circulation Research, 1.4.2022, "Effects of Atrial Fibrillation on the Human Ventricle" (PDF)

• IDW-Nachrichten, 31.8.2024, Biomarker sagen künftigen Sinusrhythmus bei Patient:innen mit Vorhofflimmern voraus
• Circulation, 13.9.2022, "Early Rhythm Control in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and High Comorbidity Burden" (PDF)
• Journal, 29.8.2022, "Attaining sinus rhythm mediates improved outcome with early rhythm control therapy of atrial fibrillation: the EAST-AFNET 4 trial" (PDF)
• • ERC therapy should aim for early and sustained restoration of sinus rhythm in patients with recently diagnosed AF to improve cardiovascular outcomes......the use of AF ablation was not associated with better outcomes than antiarrhythmic drug therapy
• DZHK, 22.8.2022, "Früher Rhythmuserhalt nützt allen Menschen mit Vorhofflimmern (Studie EAST-AFNET 4)"
• EP Europace, 27.7.2022, "Early diagnosis and better rhythm management to improve outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation: the 8th AFNET/EHRA consensus conference" (PDF)

• Deutsche Herzstiftung, 20.7.2022, "Neuer Therapieansatz gegen Vorhofflimmern" 
• Kardiologie.org, 23.8.2021, "Therapie von Vorhofflimmern: Geht’s auch nur mit Sport?"
• DocCheck, 23.8.2021, "Vorhofflimmern: Die Sport-Empfehlung"
• Herzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie, 30.3.2021, "Update Vorhofflimmern: Die ESCLeitlinien 2020 sowie aktuelle Daten zur frühen antiarrhythmischen Therapie" (PDF)

• J Clin Med, 9.10.2020, "Ganglionated Plexi Ablation for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation" (PDF)
• Netherlands Heart Journal, 23.5.2013, "Routine versus aggressive upstream rhythm control for prevention of early atrial fibrillation in heart failure: background, aims and design of the RACE 3 study" (PDF)

• Circulation, 14.11.2011, "Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation Versus Surgical Ablation Treatment" (PDF)
• Ärzteblatt.de, 23.6.2006, "Vorhofflimmern: Grundlagenforschung liefert neue Therapieansätze" (PDF)
• SwissAblation, "Chirurgische Ablation bei Vorhofflimmern"
• Kerkhoff-Klinik, Broschüre "Vorhofflimmern" (PDF)
• AliveCor.de, "Stressbewältigung bei Vorhofflimmern"
• flexicon DocCheck: Valsalva-Manöver
• gesundheitsinformationen.de, Wie wird eine anfallsartige Vorhoftachykardie behandelt?

• IdW, 25.4.2023, "Vorhofflimmern: Erstmals gezielter medikamentöser Therapieansatz entdeckt"
• European Heart Journal, 22.2.2023, "Phosphodiesterase 8 governs cAMP/PKA-dependent reduction of L-type calcium current in human atrial fibrillation: a novel arrhythmogenic mechanism" (PDF)
• Arzneimitteltherapie, 6/2018, "Behandlung von Vorhofflimmern: Gibt es noch eine Indikation für den langfristigen Einsatz von Antiarrhytmika?" (PDF)
• Ärzteblatt.de, 9.5.2014, "Vorhofflimmern: Antiarrhythmika für alle Patienten?" (PDF)

• Heart Rhythm, August 2019, "Effect of beta-blockers on triggering of symptomatic atrial fibrillation by anger or stress" (PDF)
• Deutsche Apotheker-Zeitung, 27.6.2019, "Emotional getriggertes Vorhofflimmern tritt unter Betablockern seltener auf"
• Circulation: Heart Fail, 28.1.2016, "β-Blockers in Atrial Fibrillation Patients With or Without Heart Failure" (PDF)
• American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs, 2002, "Use of β-Blockers in Atrial Fibrillation"
• navigator-medizin.de, "beta-Blocker absetzen"

• WIKIPEDIA:  Antikoagulation (Apixaban)

• Pharmazeutische Zeitung, 24.3.2025, "Orale Antikoagulation nach Katheterablation weiterführen?"
• JAMA Network, 21.3.2025, "Discontinuation of Oral Anticoagulation After Successful Atrial Fibrillation Ablation" (PDF)
• European Heart Journal, 20.12.2023, "Oral anticoagulation after atrial fibrillation catheter ablation: benefits and risks" (PDF)

• IDW-online, DGN, 4.1.2024, "Apixaban zeigte gegenüber ASS keine Überlegenheit bei Schlaganfällen mit ungeklärter Emboliequelle"
• DocCheck, 14.12.2023, "Ist Verdünnen Pflicht?"
• Ärzteblatt.de, 12.1.2023, "Versorgung mit oralen Antikoagulanzien bei Vorhofflimmern"
• Ärzteblatt.de, 4.1.2023, "Thrombolyse bei Hirninfarkt offenbar trotz NOAK-Vorbehandlung sicher und machbar"
• The Lancet, 9.4.2022, "Safety of the oral factor XIa inhibitor asundexian compared with apixaban in patients with atrial fibrillation (PACIFIC-AF): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, double-dummy, dose-finding phase 2 study" (PDF)
• Journal of the American Heart Association, 15.6.2020, "Direct Oral Anticoagulant Use: A Practical Guide to Common Clinical Challenges" (PDF)

• OTS.at, 6.12.2022, "Notfallmedizin: Zusammenhang zwischen Elektrolytgabe bei Vorhofflimmern und Rückkehr zu regelmäßigem Herzschlag"
• JAMA Network Open, 19.10.2022,  "Association of Intravenous Potassium and Magnesium Administration With Spontaneous Conversion of Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter in the Emergency Department" (PDF)

• IDW, 18.9.2024, Sichere Behandlungsmethode bei VHF: Studie zur Pulsed Field Ablation mit vielversprechenden Ergebnissen
• Nature, 8.7.2024, Safety of pulsed field ablation in more than 17,000 patients with atrial fibrillation.. (PDF)
• Gelbe Liste, 31.7.2024, "Pulsed Field Ablation bei Vorhofflimmern: Sicherheit durch umfangreiche Studie bestätigt"
• Medical Tribune, 3.11.2023, "Paroxysmales Vorhofflimmern - Pulmonalvenenisolation mit Stromstößen"
• Medscape, 12.9.2023, "Die Elektroporation als neuartige Form der Katheterablation ist thermischen Verfahren nicht unterlegen"
• Springer Medizin, 28.4.2023, "So effektiv ist die Pulsed-Field-Ablation in der Routinepraxis"
• Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, 8.12.2022, "Characterization of high‑density mapping in catheter ablation for persistent atrial fbrillation: results from the Advisor™ HD Grid Mapping Catheter Observational study" (PDF)
• Front. Cardiovasc. Med., 8.11.2022, "Initial experience with pulsed field ablation for atrial fibrillation" (PDF)
• Clinical Research in Cardiology, 22.9.2022, "Pulsed‑feld ablation‑based pulmonary vein isolation: acute safety, efcacy and short‑term follow‑up in a multi‑center real world scenario" (PDF)
• DocCheck, 25.4.2022, "Vorhofflimmern: Brutzeln, aber richtig" 
• Kardiologie.org, 7.4.2022, "Vorhofflimmern: Wie schlägt sich die Pulsed Field Ablation in der Routine?"
• Deniz Aktolga, 4.3.2022, "Einfluss der Definition von paroxysmalem und persistierendem Vorhofflimmern auf das klinische Outcome der Vorhofflimmerablation" (PDF)
• J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis., 4.3.2022, "Pulsed Field Ablation to Treat Atrial Fibrillation: A Review of the Literature" (PDF)
• Kardiologie.org, 6.1.2022, "Gute Erfahrungen mit innovativem Ablationsverfahren bei Vorhofflimmern"
• J. Cardiovasc. Electrohjysiology, 3.1.2022, "Pulsed-field ablation combined with ultrahigh-density mapping in patients undergoing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: Practical and electrophysiological considerations"
• Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol., 29.12.2021, "First-in-Human Experience and Acute Procedural Outcomes Using a Novel Pulsed Field Ablation System: The PULSED AF Pilot Trial" (PDF)
• J. Interv Card Electrophysiol, 2021, "Impact of re-definition of paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation in the 2012 and 2016 European Society of Cardiology atrial fibrillation guidelines on outcomes after pulmonary vein isolation" (PDF)

• International Journal of Cardiology, 1.12.2021, "Comparison of the predictive value of ten risk scores for outcomes of atrial fibrillation patients undergoing radiofrequency pulmonary vein isolation" (PDF)
• Int. J. Medical Science, 2021, "Catheter Ablation Compared with Medical Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation with Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials" (PDF)
• Arq Bras Cardiol. 2021, "Review: Atrial Fibrillation (Part 2) - Catheter Ablation" (PDF)
• Kardiologie.org, 18.3.2021, "Vorhofflimmern: Frührezidive nach Ablation – kein Grund zur Sorge?"
• Austrian Journal of Cardiology, 2021, "Elektroporation zur Pulmonalvenenisolation bei Vorhofflimmern" (PDF)
• Kardiologie.org, 25.11.2020, "Vorhofflimmern: Ablation statt Antiarrhythmika als First-Line-Therapie?"
• Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 1.9.2020, "Pulsed Field Ablation in Patients With Persistent Atrial Fibrillation" (PDF)
• Kardiologie.org, 14.5.2020, "Vorhofflimmern: Ablation durch Elektroporation besteht ersten klinischen Test"
• Cardiol Therapy, 9.10.2019, "Review: Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: State of the Art and Future Perspectives" (PDF)
• Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 23.7.2019, "Pulsed Field Ablation for Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Atrial Fibrillation" (PDF)
• JAMA Network, 15.3.2019, Effect of Catheter Ablation vs Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy on Mortality, Stroke, Bleeding, and Cardiac Arrest Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (PDF)
• UniversimMed, 13.12.2018, "Erfolgsprädiktoren der Vorhofflimmernablation"
• European Heart Journal, 1.12.2018, "Incidence of complications related to catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter: a nationwide in-hospital analysis of administrative data for Germany in 2014" (PDF)
• NDR.de, 30.10.2018, "Chat-Protokoll: Ist Katheterablation sinnvoll?"
• Arzneimitteltherapie, 6/2018, "Behandlung von Vorhofflimmern: Gibt es noch eine Indikation für den langfristigen Einsatz von Antiarrhytmika?" (PDF)
• Presseportal.de, 23.4.2018, "ZDF-Magazin "Frontal 21": Riskante Herz-Ablationen nehmen deutlich zu"
• Konstantin von Knorre, DIS, 6.3.2018, "Kryoballon- Pulmonalvenenisolation bei paroxysmalem Vorhofflimmern: Langzeitergebnisse und Prädiktoren für ein Rezidiv an einem universitären Zentrum" (PDF)
• DGK-Pressemitteilung, 2018, "5-Jahres Follow-up nach cryoballonassoziierter Pulmonalvenenisolation bei symptomatischem Vorhofflimmern" (PDF)
• DGK-Pressemitteilung, 6.10.2016, "10-jahres follow-up nach radiofrequenzbasierter Pulmonalvenenisolation bei Patienten mit symptomatischem paroxysmalem Vorhofflimmern" (PDF)
• I. Jalal. DIS, 11.6.2016, "Prädiktoren der Wirksamkeit sowie Risikofaktoren spezifischer Komplikationen der Pulmonalvenenisolation mittels Cryoballonkatheter bei Patienten mit paroxysmalem Vorhofflimmern" (PDF)
• M. Messemer, DIS 2016, "Langzeitergebnis nach CryoPulmonalvenenisolation" (PDF)
• Der Arzneimittelbrief, 2014, "Die Vorhofablation bei Vorhofflimmern" (PDF)*****
• Ärzteblatt.de, 9.5.2014, "Vorhofflimmern: Antiarrhythmika für alle Patienten?" (PDF)
• MMW, 2011, "Wer ist wirklich ein Kandidat für die Ablation?" (PDF)
• AHA Circulation, 2010, Long-Term Results of Catheter Ablation in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation - Lessons From a 5-Year Follow-Up (PDF)
• AHA Circulation: Arrhytmia & Electrophysiology, 7.12.2009, "Updated Worldwide Survey on the Methods, Efficacy, and Safety of Catheter Ablation for Human Atrial Fibrillation" (PDF)

• PLOS ONE, 21.1.2022, "Intermediate-term outcome of cryoballoon ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation and improvements in quality of life of patients" (PDF)
• Front. Cardiovasc. Med., 20 July 2021, "Prevalence and Predictors of Additional Ablation Beyond Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Patients With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation" (PDF)
• Circulation Journal, 9.11.2019, "Second-Generation Visually Guided Laser Balloon Ablation System for Pulmonary Vein Isolation: Learning Curve, Safety and Efficacy" (PDF)
• Heart Rhythm, Sept 2019, "Ten-year ablation outcomes of patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation undergoing pulmonary vein isolation" 
• Caroline Wolpers, DIS 2019, "Rezidivwahrscheinlichkeit von Vorhofflimmern nach Kryoballon-Ablation in Abhängigkeit vom atrialen Fibrosegehalt in der MRT und von Inflammationsparametern" (PDF)
• Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, 15.2.2018, "Ten-Year Clinical Outcome After Circumferential Pulmonary Vein Isolation Utilizing the Hamburg Approach in Patients With Symptomatic Drug-Refractory Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation" (PDF)
• • Ten-year single-procedural outcome of CPVI in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation resulted in stable sinus rhythm in 32.9% and in 62.7% of patients after multiple procedures. 

• Int. Journal of Cardiology, 15.8. 2017, "Characteristics and long-term catheter ablation outcome in long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation patients with non-pulmonary vein triggers"
• Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 11.1.2011, "Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Are Results Maintained at 5 Years of Follow-Up?" (PDF)

• Circulation, 7.12.2010, "Long-Term Results of Catheter Ablation in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation" (PDF)

• Rechtsmedizin, 2021, "Tödliche koronare Gasembolie nach Pulmonalvenenisolation – eine seltene Komplikation" (PDF)
• European Heart Journal, 1.12.2018, "Incidence of complications related to catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter: a nationwide in-hospital analysis of administrative data for Germany in 2014" (PDF)
• Kardiologie.org, 8.8.2018, "Überraschend viele Komplikationen nach Katheterablation in Deutschland"
• Europace, 1.8.2018, "Complications of pulmonary vein isolation in atrial fibrillation: predictors and comparison between four different ablation techniques: Results from the MIddelheim PVI-registry"

• World J Cardiology, 26.8.2015, "Reduction of radiation exposure in catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: Lesson learned" (PDF)
• AHA Circulation, 25.10.2004, "Radiation Exposure During Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation" (PDF)

• Medical Tribune, 25.3.2019, "Vorhofflimmern: Thorakoskopie statt Katheterablation?"
• Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Nov 2019,  "Safety and long-term efficacy of thoracoscopic Epicardial ablation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: a retrospective study" (PDF)
• EP Europace, 30.1.2019, "Thoracoscopic vs. catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: long-term follow-up of the FAST randomized trial" (PDF)
• EP Europace, November 2018, "Totally thoracoscopic ablation for atrial fibrillation: a systematic safety analysis" (PDF)
• European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2018, "Atrial remodelling and function: implications for atrial fibrillation surgery" (PDF)

• GelbeListe: Bisoprolol, Eliquis
• WIKIPEDIA: Antikoagulation, Betablocker
• PharmaWiki: Betablocker
• Herzstiftung.de: Betablocker: Wirkung & Nebenwirkung
• DocCheck, 20.10.2022, "Apixaban vs. Rivaroxaban: Wer gewinnt?"

• Medical Tribune, 13.10.2023, "Lebensstilinterventionen: Kein Alkohol, weniger Vorhofflimmern" (ESC Congress 2023)
• European Heart Journal, 8.10.2022, "Cannabis, cocaine, methamphetamine, and opiates increase the risk of incident atrial fibrillation" (PDF)
• Medscape D, 18.10.2022, "Gefährdete warnen: Alkohol steigert schon bei jungen Menschen unter 40 das Risiko für Vorhofflimmern"
• European Heart Journal, 18.10.2022, "Cannabis, cocaine, methamphetamine, and opiates increase the risk of incident atrial fibrillation" (PDF)
• European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 27.9.2022, "The impact of coffee subtypes on incident cardiovascular disease, arrhythmias, and mortality: long-term outcomes from the UK Biobank" (PDF)
• JAMA Network, 2.9.2022, "Habitual Alcohol Intake and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in Young Adults in Korea"  (PDF)
• Nature, 13.9.2022, "Physical Activity and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation: A Nationwide Cohort Study in General Population" (PDF)
• IJC Heart & Vasculature, 6.8.2022, "Cardiorespiratory fitness, obesity and left atrial function in patients with atrial fibrillation" (PDF)
• Circulation, 21.4.2021, "Lifestyle and Risk Factor Modification for Reduction of Atrial Fibrillation: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association" (PDF)

• Heart Rhythm, April 2021, "Self-reported physical activity and atrial fibrillation risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis"
• ESC, 24.8.2020, "Yoga linked with improved symptoms in heart patients"
•  BMJ Open, 21.8.2020, "Exercise training in the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: study protocol of the Cologne ExAfib Trial" (PDF)
• Sport Medizin, Juni 2020, "Vorhofflimmern – Warum Ausdauersportler häufiger betroffen sind"
• European Heart Journal, 17.1.2020, "Association between physical activity and risk of incident arrhythmias in 402 406 individuals: evidence from the UK Biobank cohort" (PDF)
• New England Journal of Medicin, 2.1.2020, "Alcohol Abstinence in Drinkers with Atrial Fibrillation" (PDF)
• Scientific Reports, 13.9.2019, "Physical Activity and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation: A Nationwide Cohort Study in General Population" (PDF)
• American Heart Journal, Jan 2018, "Chocolate consumption and risk of atrial fibrillation: Two cohort studies and a meta-analysis"
• Cardiac risk factors and prevention, 21.3.2017, "Chocolate intake and risk of clinically apparent atrial fibrillation: the Danish Diet, Cancer, and Health Study" (PDF)
• European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 1.1.2017, "Effects of yoga in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation – a randomized controlled study" (PDF)
• MMW Fortschritte der Medizin, 10.3.2017, "Sport & Vorhofflimmern" (PDF)
• Circulation, 2.2.2016, "Exercise  Training  and  Atrial  FibrillationFurther  Evidence  for  the  Importance  of  Lifestyle  Change" (PDF)
• WIKIPEDIA: Holday heart syndrome

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