Atrial Fibrillation

"Atrial Fibrillation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Abnormal cardiac rhythm that is characterized by rapid, uncoordinated firing of electrical impulses in the upper chambers of the heart (HEART ATRIA). In such case, blood cannot be effectively pumped into the lower chambers of the heart (HEART VENTRICLES). It is caused by abnormal impulse generation.

Descriptor ID	D001281
MeSH Number(s)	C14.280.067.198 C23.550.073.198
Concept/Terms	Atrial Fibrillation Atrial Fibrillation Atrial Fibrillations Fibrillation, Atrial Fibrillations, Atrial Auricular Fibrillation Auricular Fibrillations Fibrillation, Auricular Fibrillations, Auricular Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Atrial Fibrillation, Persistent Atrial Fibrillations, Persistent Fibrillation, Persistent Atrial Fibrillations, Persistent Atrial Persistent Atrial Fibrillations Familial Atrial Fibrillation Familial Atrial Fibrillation Atrial Fibrillation, Familial Atrial Fibrillations, Familial Familial Atrial Fibrillations Fibrillation, Familial Atrial Fibrillations, Familial Atrial Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Atrial Fibrillation, Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillations, Paroxysmal Fibrillation, Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillations, Paroxysmal Atrial Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillations

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Diseases [C]
Cardiovascular Diseases [C14]
Heart Diseases [C14.280]
Arrhythmias, Cardiac [C14.280.067]
Atrial Fibrillation [C14.280.067.198]
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms [C23]
Pathologic Processes [C23.550]
Arrhythmias, Cardiac [C23.550.073]
Atrial Fibrillation [C23.550.073.198]

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Bar chart showing 478 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 47 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	1	1
1996	0	1	1
2000	0	1	1
2002	3	1	4
2003	5	1	6
2004	4	2	6
2005	3	2	5
2006	6	3	9
2007	7	0	7
2008	7	0	7
2009	9	1	10
2010	10	3	13
2011	13	2	15
2012	15	1	16
2013	16	2	18
2014	22	4	26
2015	19	1	20
2016	29	3	32
2017	27	2	29
2018	25	4	29
2019	28	3	31
2020	44	3	47
2021	33	1	34
2022	39	0	39
2023	38	0	38
2024	27	3	30
2025	4	0	4

Below are the most recent publications written about "Atrial Fibrillation" by people in Profiles.

Reddy VY, Gerstenfeld EP, Schmidt B, Nair D, Natale A, Saliba W, Verma A, Sommer P, Metzner A, Turagam M, Weiner S, Champagne J, Garcio-Bolao I, Calkins H, Olson J, Issa Z, Winner M, Su W, Tomassoni G, Kim J, Hook B, Delurgio DB, Gibson DN, Daccarett M, Patel C, Bhalla K, Shehata M, Harding JD, Cheung JW, Raybuck JD, Roelke S, Schwartz T, Sutton BS, Mansour M. Pulsed Field Ablation for Persistent?Atrial?Fibrillation: 1-Year Results of ADVANTAGE AF. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 May 06; 85(17):1664-1678.

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Roselli C, Surakka I, Olesen MS, Sveinbjornsson G, Marston NA, Choi SH, Holm H, Chaffin M, Gudbjartsson D, Hill MC, Aegisdottir H, Albert CM, Alonso A, Anderson CD, Arking DE, Arnar DO, Barnard J, Benjamin EJ, Braunwald E, Brumpton B, Campbell A, Chami N, Chasman DI, Cho K, Choi EK, Christophersen IE, Chung MK, Conen D, Crijns HJ, Cutler MJ, Czuba T, Damrauer SM, Dichgans M, D?rr M, Dudink E, Duong T, Erikstrup C, Esko T, Fatkin D, Faul JD, Ferreira M, Freitag DF, Ganesh SK, Gaziano JM, Geelhoed B, Ghouse J, Gieger C, Giulianini F, Graham SE, Gudnason V, Guo X, Haggerty C, Hayward C, Heckbert SR, Hveem K, Ito K, Johnson R, Jukema JW, Jurgens SJ, K??b S, Kane JP, Kany S, Kardia SLR, Kavousi M, Khurshid S, Kamanu FK, Kirchhof P, Kleber ME, Knight S, Komuro I, Krieger JE, Launer LJ, Li D, Lin H, Lin HJ, Loos RJF, Lotta L, Lubitz SA, Lunetta KL, Macfarlane PW, Magnusson PKE, Malik R, Mantineo H, Marcus GM, M?rz W, McManus DD, Melander O, Melloni GEM, Meyre PB, Miyazawa K, Mohanty S, Monfort LM, M?ller-Nurasyid M, Nafissi NA, Natale A, Nazarian S, Ostrowski SR, Pak HN, Pang S, Pedersen OB, Pedersen NL, Pereira AC, Pirruccello JP, Preuss M, Psaty BM, Pullinger CR, Rader DJ, R?m? JT, Ridker PM, Rienstra M, Risch L, Roden DM, Rotter JI, Sabatine MS, Schunkert H, Shah SH, Shim J, Shoemaker MB, Simonson B, Sinner MF, Smit RAJ, Smith JA, Smith NL, Smith JG, Soliman EZ, S?rensen E, Sotoodehnia N, Strbian D, Stricker BH, Teder-Laving M, Sun YV, Th?riault S, Thorolfsdottir RB, Thorsteinsdottir U, Tveit A, van der Harst P, van Meurs J, Wang B, Weiss S, Wells QS, Weng LC, Wilson PW, Xiao L, Yang PS, Yao J, Yoneda ZT, Zeller T, Zeng L, Zhao W, Zhou X, Z?llner S, Ruff CT, Bundgaard H, Willer C, Stefansson K, Ellinor PT. Meta-analysis of genome-wide associations and polygenic risk prediction for atrial fibrillation in more than 180,000 cases. Nat Genet. 2025 Mar; 57(3):539-547.

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Choi SH, Jurgens SJ, Xiao L, Hill MC, Haggerty CM, Sveinbj?rnsson G, Morrill VN, Marston NA, Weng LC, Pirruccello JP, Arnar DO, Gudbjartsson DF, Mantineo H, von Falkenhausen AS, Natale A, Tveit A, Geelhoed B, Roselli C, Van Wagoner DR, Darbar D, Haase D, Soliman EZ, Davogustto GE, Jun G, Calkins H, Anderson JL, Brody JA, Halford JL, Barnard J, Hokanson JE, Smith JD, Bis JC, Young K, Johnson LSB, Risch L, Gula LJ, Kwee LC, Chaffin MD, K?hne M, Preuss M, Gupta N, Nafissi NA, Smith NL, Nilsson PM, van der Harst P, Wells QS, Judy RL, Schnabel RB, Johnson R, Smit RAJ, Gabriel S, Knight S, Furukawa T, Blackwell TW, Nauffal V, Wang X, Min YI, Yoneda ZT, Laksman ZWM, Bezzina CR, Alonso A, Psaty BM, Albert CM, Arking DE, Roden DM, Chasman DI, Rader DJ, Conen D, McManus DD, Fatkin D, Benjamin EJ, Boerwinkle E, Marcus GM, Christophersen IE, Smith JG, Roberts JD, Raffield LM, Shoemaker MB, Cho MH, Cutler MJ, Rienstra M, Chung MK, S Olesen M, Sinner MF, Sotoodehnia N, Kirchhof P, Loos RJF, Nazarian S, Mohanty S, Damrauer SM, Kaab S, Heckbert SR, Redline S, Shah SH, Tanaka T, Ebana Y, Holm H, Stefansson K, Ruff CT, Sabatine MS, Lunetta KL, Lubitz SA, Ellinor PT. Sequencing in over 50,000 cases identifies coding and structural variation underlying atrial fibrillation risk. Nat Genet. 2025 Mar; 57(3):548-562.

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Ferro EG, Reynolds MR, Xu J, Song Y, Cohen DJ, Wadhera RK, d'Avila A, Zimetbaum PJ, Yeh RW, Kramer DB. Contemporary Administrative Codes to Identify Pulmonary Vein Isolation Procedures for Atrial Fibrillation. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Jan 21; 14(2):e037003.

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Shaffer BC, Brown S, Chinapen S, Mangold KE, Lahoud O, Lopez-Jimenez F, Schaffer W, Liu J, Giralt S, Devlin S, Shah G, Scordo M, Papadopoulos E, Landau H, Usmani S, Perales MA, Friedman PA, Gersh BJ, Attia IZ, Noseworthy PA, Kosmidou I. Artificial intelligence enabled interpretation of ECG images to predict hematopoietic cell transplantation toxicity. Blood Adv. 2024 11 12; 8(21):5603-5611.

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Tahir UA, Kolm P, Kwong RY, Desai MY, Dolman SF, Deng S, Appelbaum E, Desvigne-Nickens P, DiMarco JP, Tiwari G, Friedrich MG, Zelaya-Portillo JH, Jerosch-Herold M, Kim DY, Maron MS, Piechnik SK, Schulz-Menger J, Watkins H, Weintraub WS, Neubauer S, Kramer CM, Jarolim P, Gerszten RE, Ho CY. Protein Biomarkers of Adverse Clinical Features and Events in Sarcomeric Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Circ Heart Fail. 2024 Dec; 17(12):e011707.

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Zeitler EP, Bian B, Griffiths RI, Allocco DJ, Christen T, Roy K, Cohen DJ, Reynolds MR. Long-Term Clinical Outcomes Following the WATCHMAN Device Use in Medicare Beneficiaries. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2024 Oct; 17(10):e011007.

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Mo W, Donahue JK. Gene therapy for atrial fibrillation. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2024 Nov; 196:84-93.

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Lopes RD, Atlas SJ, Go AS, Lubitz SA, McManus DD, Dolor RJ, Chatterjee R, Rothberg MB, Rushlow DR, Crosson LA, Aronson RS, Patlakh M, Gallup D, Mills DJ, O'Brien EC, Singer DE. Effect of Screening for Undiagnosed?Atrial Fibrillation on?Stroke?Prevention. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024 Nov 19; 84(21):2073-2084.

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Singer DE, Atlas SJ, Go AS, Lubitz SA, McManus DD, Dolor RJ, Chatterjee R, Rothberg MB, Rushlow DR, Crosson LA, Aronson RS, Mills D, Patlakh M, Gallup D, O'Brien EC, Lopes RD. Atrial Fibrillation Burden on a 14-Day?ECG?Monitor: Findings From the GUARD-AF Trial Screening Arm. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2025 Jan; 11(1):110-119.

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