Increased mortality associated with digoxin in contemporary patients with atrial fibrillation: findings from the TREAT-AF study

MP Turakhia, P Santangeli, WC Winkelmayer… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - jacc.org
Background: Despite endorsement of digoxin in clinical practice guidelines, there exist
limited data on its safety in atrial fibrillation/flutter (AF). Objectives: The goal of this study was …

Feasibility of extended ambulatory electrocardiogram monitoring to identify silent atrial fibrillation in high‐risk patients: The Screening Study for Undiagnosed Atrial …

MP Turakhia, AJ Ullal, DD Hoang, CT Than… - Clinical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background Identification of silent atrial fibrillation (AF) could prevent stroke and other
sequelae. Hypothesis Screening for AF using continuous ambulatory electrocardiographic …

Warfarin utilisation and anticoagulation control in patients with atrial fibrillation and chronic kidney disease

F Yang, JA Hellyer, C Than, AJ Ullal, DW Kaiser… - Heart, 2017 - heart.bmj.com
Objective To evaluate warfarin prescription, quality of international normalised ratio (INR)
monitoring and of INR control in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and chronic kidney …

Gender differences in clinical outcomes after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

DW Kaiser, J Fan, S Schmitt, CT Than, AJ Ullal… - JACC: Clinical …, 2016 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study sought to explore gender differences in real-world outcomes after
catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF). Background: Compared with men, women with AF …

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy as a cause of sudden cardiac death in the young: a meta-analysis

AJ Ullal, RS Abdelfattah, EA Ashley… - The American journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Sudden cardiac death is often linked with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in
young athletes, but with a divergence of study results. We performed a meta-analysis to …

Safety and clinical outcomes of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with chronic kidney disease

AJ Ullal, DW Kaiser, J Fan, SK Schmitt… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Catheter Ablation of AF in Chronic Kidney Disease Introduction Data regarding catheter
ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is limited. We …

Racial differences in quality of anticoagulation therapy for atrial fibrillation (from the TREAT-AF study)

C Yong, F Azarbal, F Abnousi, PA Heidenreich… - The American journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
The influence of race on quality of anticoagulation control is not well described. We
examined the association between race, international normalized ratio (INR) monitoring …

Cost-effectiveness of pharmacologic and invasive therapies for stroke prophylaxis in atrial fibrillation

MD Solomon, AJ Ullal, DD Hoang… - Journal of …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Atrial fibrillation is an abnormal heart rhythm characterized by rapid, disorganized activation
(fibrillation) of the left and right atria of the heart, and is responsible for 15% of 700 000 …

Amiodarone and risk of death in contemporary patients with atrial fibrillation: Findings from The Retrospective Evaluation and Assessment of Therapies in AF study

AJ Ullal, CT Than, J Fan, S Schmitt, AC Perino… - American heart …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background There are limited data on mortality outcomes associated with use of
amiodarone in atrial fibrillation and flutter (AF). Methods We evaluated the association of …

US health care policy and reform: implications for cardiac electrophysiology

MP Turakhia, AJ Ullal - Journal of Interventional Cardiac …, 2013 - Springer
In response to unsustainably rising costs, variable quality and access to health care, and the
projected insolvency of vital safety net insurance programs, the federal government has …