Publications

2023

Gut microbiome and atrial fibrillation—results from a large population-based study

VPalmu, J., Börschel, C. S., Ortega-Alonso, A., Markó, L., Inouye, M., Jousilahti, P., ... & Schnabel, R. B. (2023). Gut microbiome and atrial fibrillation—results from a large population-based study. EBioMedicine, 91.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104583 Published 27 April 2023

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Electrocardiographic markers of subclinical atrial fibrillation detected by implantable loop recorder: insights from the LOOP Study

Xing, L.Y., Diederichsen, S.Z., Højberg, S., Krieger, D.W., Graff, C., Olesen, M.S., Nielsen, J.B., Brandes, A., Køber, L., Haugan, K.J. and Svendsen, J.H., 2023. Electrocardiographic markers of subclinical atrial fibrillation detected by implantable loop recorder: insights from the LOOP Study. Europace.

https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euad014  Published 18 April 2023

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Effects of Systematic Atrial Fibrillation Screening According to N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide: a Secondary Analysis of the Randomized LOOP Study

VXing, L.Y., Diederichsen, S.Z., Højberg, S., Krieger, D.W., Graff, C., Frikke-Schmidt, R., Olesen, M.S., Brandes, A., Køber, L., Haugan, K.J. and Svendsen, J.H., 2023. Effects of Systematic Atrial Fibrillation Screening According to N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide: a Secondary Analysis of the Randomized LOOP Study. Circulation.

https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.064361 Published 15 April 2023

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General practitioners’ perceptions on opportunistic single-time point screening for atrial fibrillation: A European quantitative survey

Vermunicht, P., Grecu, M., Deharo, J., Buckley, C. M., Palà, E., Mairesse, G. H., Farkowski, M. M., Bergonti, M., Pürerfellner, H., Hanson, C. L., Neubeck, L., Freedman, B., Witt, H., Hills, M. T., Lund, J., Giskes, K., Engler, D., Schnabel, R. B., Heidbuchel, H., & Desteghe, L. (2023). General practitioners’ perceptions on opportunistic single-time point screening for atrial fibrillation: A European quantitative survey. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine.

https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1112561 Published 15 February 2023.

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Resting membrane potential is less negative in trabeculae from right atrial appendages of women, but action potential duration does not shorten with age

Pecha, S., Ismaili, D., Geelhoed, B., Knaut, M., Reichenspurner, H., Eschenhagen, T., Schnabel, R. B., Christ, T., & Ravens, U. (2023). Resting membrane potential is less negative in trabeculae from right atrial appendages of women, but action potential duration does not shorten with age. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjmcc.2023.01.006 Published 18 January 2023.

 

2022

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Screening for atrial fibrillation to prevent stroke in elderly individuals with or without preexisting cardiovascular disease: A post hoc analysis of the randomized LOOP Study

Xing, L. Y., Diederichsen, S. Z., Højberg, S., Krieger, D. W., Graff, C., Olesen, M. S., ... & Svendsen, J. H. (2022). Screening for atrial fibrillation to prevent stroke in elderly individuals with or without preexisting cardiovascular disease: A post hoc analysis of the randomized LOOP study for the International Journal of Cardiology. 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2022.10.167 Published 31 October 2022.

 

Severity and Etiology of Incident Stroke in Patients Screened for Atrial Fibrillation vs Usual Care and the Impact of Prior Stroke: A Post Hoc Analysis of the LOOP Randomized Clinical Trial

Diederichsen SZ, Frederiksen KS, Xing LY, et al. for Jama Neurology.

https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.3031Published 29 August 2022.

 

Screening for atrial fibrillation to prevent stroke: a meta-analysis

McIntyre W.F. et al for the European Heart Journal.

https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjopen/oeac044Published 14 July 2022.

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Systolic Blood Pressure and Effects of Screening for Atrial Fibrillation With Long-Term Continuous Monitoring (a LOOP Substudy)

Xing L.Y et al for Hypertension.

https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.122.19333 Published 8 July 2022.

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Blood-Based Biomarkers to Search for Atrial Fibrillation in High-Risk Asymptomatic Individuals and Cryptogenic Stroke Patients

Palà E. et al for Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine.

https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2022.908053 Published 4 July 2022.

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Feasible approaches and implementation challenges to atrial fibrillation screening: a qualitative study of stakeholder views in 11 European countries

Engler D. et al for the BMJ.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059156 Published 21 June 2022.

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The Relationship Between Vitamin D and Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation: A Prospective Cohort Study

Ohlrogge A.H et al for Frontiers in Nutrition.

https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.851005 Published 10 May 2022.

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Clinical Profile, Arrhythmias, and Adverse Cardiac Outcomes in Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophies: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Valenti A.C for Biology.

https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11040530 Published 30 March 2022.

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Atrial Fibrillation and Dementia: A Report From the AF-SCREEN International Collaboration

Rivard L. et al for Circulation

https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.055018. Published 31 January 2022.

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Tissue-specific multi-omics analysis of atrial fibrillation

Assum et al. for Nature

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-27953-1. Published 21 January 2022.


2021


Age-specific atrial fibrillation incidence, attributable risk factors and risk of stroke and mortality: results from the MORGAM Consortium

Morseth B et al for Open Heart Journal 

https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2021-001624. Published 02 August 2021.

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SCORE2 risk prediction algorithms: new models to estimate 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in Europe

https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab309. Published 13 June 2021.

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P-wave signal averaged ECG: reference values, clinical correlates, and heritability in the Framingham Heart Study

Kornej J, Magnani JW, Preis SR, Soliman EZ, Trinquart L, Ko D, Benjamin EJ, Lin H for Heart Rhythm Journal

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2021.05.009Published 11 May 2021.

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New biomarkers from multiomics approaches – improving risk prediction of atrial fibrillation

Kornej K, Hanger VA, Trinquart L, Ko D, Preis SR, Benjamin EJ, Lin H for Cardiovascular Research

https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvab073. Published 5 March 2021.

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Digital, risk-based screening for atrial fibrillation in the European community—the AFFECT-EU project funded by the European Union.
Daniel Engler, Hein Heidbuchel, Renate B Schnabel, for the AFFECT-EU Investigators. European Heart Journal, ehab050, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab050. Published: 20 February 2021.

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Dynamic risk assessment to improve quality of care in patients with atrial fibrillation: the 7th AFNET/EHRA Consensus Conference

Larissa Fabritz, Harry J G M Crijns, Eduard Guasch, Andreas Goette, Karl Georg Häusler, Dipak Kotecha, Thorsten Lewalter, Christian Meyer, Tatjana S Potpara, Michiel Rienstra, Renate B Schnabel, Stephan Willems, Guenter Breithardt, A John Camm, Anthony Chan, Winnie Chua, Mirko de Melis, Christina Dimopoulou, Dobromir Dobrev, Christina Easter, Lars Eckardt, Doreen Haase, Stephane Hatem, Jeff S Healey, Jordi Heijman, Stefan H Hohnloser, Thomas Huebner, Bushra Saeed Ilyas, Aaron Isaacs, Ingo Kutschka, Christophe Leclercq, Gregory Y H Lip, Elena Andreassi Marinelli, Jose L Merino, Lluís Mont, Michael Nabauer, Jonas Oldgren, Helmut Pürerfellner, Ursula Ravens, Irina Savelieva, Moritz F Sinner, Alice Sitch, Rüdiger Smolnik, Jan Steffel, Kenneth Stein, Monika Stoll, Emma Svennberg, Dierk Thomas, Isabelle C Van Gelder, Burcu Vardar, Reza Wakili, Mattias Wieloch, Stef Zeemering, Paul D Ziegler, Hein Heidbuchel, Gerhard Hindricks, Ulrich Schotten, Paulus Kirchhof for EP Europace

https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa279. Published 14 January 2021.

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Alcohol consumption, cardiac biomarkers, and risk of atrial fibrillation and adverse outcomes

Csengeri D et al for European Heart Journal

https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa953Published 13 January 2021.


2020


Research Priorities in Atrial Fibrillation Screening.
Emelia J. Benjamin, Alan S. Go, Patrice Desvigne-Nickens, Christopher D. Anderson, Barbara Casadei, Lin Y. Chen, Harry J.G.M. Crijns, Ben Freedman, Mellanie True Hills, Jeff S. Healey, Hooman Kamel, Dong-Yun Kim, Mark S. Link, Renato D. Lopes, Steven A. Lubitz, David D. McManus, Peter A. Noseworthy, Marco V. Perez, Jonathan P. Piccini, Renate B. Schnabel, Daniel E. Singer, Robert G. Tieleman, Mintu P. Turakhia, Isabelle C. Van Gelder, Lawton S. Cooper, Sana M. Al-Khatib. Originally published: 25 Jan 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.047633 | Circulation. 2021;143:372–388. 

Screen-detected atrial fibrillation predicts mortality in elderly subjects

M Zink, K Mischke, A Keszei, C Rummey, B Freedman, G Neumann, A Tolksdorf, F Frank, J Wienstroer, N Kuth, J Schulz, and N Marx for EP Europace

https://doi.org/doi:10.1093/europace/euaa190. Published 06 October 2020

Assessment of causality of natriuretic peptides and atrial fibrillation and heart failure: a Mendelian randomization study in the FINRISK cohort

Bastiaan Geelhoed, Christin S Börschel, Teemu Niiranen, Tarja Palosaari, Aki S Havulinna, Césaire J K Fouodo, Markus O Scheinhardt, Stefan Blankenberg, Pekka Jousilahti, Kari Kuulasmaa, Tanja Zeller, Veikko Salomaa, Renate B Schnabel for EP Europace

https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaa158 Published 28 August 2020

Cardiac Troponin I and Incident Stroke in European Cohorts

Stephan Camen, Tarja Palosaari, Jaakko Reinikainen, Ngoc Anh Sprünker, Teemu Niiranen, Francesco Gianfagna, Julie K.K. Vishram-Nielsen, Simona Costanzo, Stefan Söderberg, Luigi Palmieri, Marco Ferrario, Annette Peters, Erkki Vartiainen, Maria Benedetta Donati, Chiara Donfrancesco, Rossana Borchini, Christin Susanna Börschel, Simona Giampaoli, Augusto Di Castelnuovo, Christina Magnussen, Frank Kee, Wolfgang Koenig, Stefan Blankenberg, Giovanni de Gaetano, Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe, Susanne Rospleszcz, Torben Jørgensen, Tanja Zeller, Kari Kuulasmaa, Allan Linneberg, Veikko Salomaa, Licia Iacoviello, Renate B. Schnabel for AHA Journals

https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.029452. Published 19 August 2020

Temporal relations between atrial fibrillarion and ischaemic stroke and their prognostic impact on mortality

Camen S, et al for Europace

https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euz312. Published 01 April 2020

 

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