Temporal patterns and short-term progression of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: data from RACE V

RR De With, Ö Erküner, M Rienstra, BO Nguyen… - EP …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Aims Atrial fibrillation (AF) often starts as a paroxysmal self-terminating arrhythmia. Limited
information is available on AF patterns and episode duration of paroxysmal AF. In …

Obesity is associated with impaired long-term success of pulmonary vein isolation: a plea for risk factor management before ablation

GE De Maat, B Mulder, WL Berretty, MIH Al-Jazairi… - Open …, 2018 - openheart.bmj.com
Aims Obesity is an increasing health problem and is an important risk factor for the
development of atrial fibrillation (AF). We investigated the association of body mass index …

Antiarrhythmic drugs in patients with early persistent atrial fibrillation and heart failure: results of the RACE 3 study

MIH Al-Jazairi, BO Nguyen, RR De With, MD Smit… - EP …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Aims Maintaining sinus rhythm in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) is challenging.
We explored the efficacy of class I and III antiarrhythmic drugs (AADs) in patients with …

First-line treatment of persistent and long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation with single-stage hybrid ablation: a 2-year follow-up study

FT Magni, MIH Al-Jazairi, BA Mulder… - EP …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Aims This study evaluates the efficacy and safety of first-line single-stage hybrid ablation of
(long-standing) persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), over a follow-up period of 2 years, and …

Pulmonary vein anatomy addressed by computed tomography and relation to success of second‐generation cryoballoon ablation in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

BA Mulder, MIH Al‐Jazairi, BKO Arends… - Clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Cryoballoon isolation is considered a safe and effective treatment for atrial
fibrillation (AF). However, recurrence of AF after first cryoballoon ablation occurs in~ 30% of …

Totally thoracoscopic pulmonary vein isolation: a simplified technique

MIH Al-Jazairi, TJ Klinkenberg, BP Van Putte… - …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Since the introduction of thoracoscopic ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF), the field of
minimally invasive AF treatment has evolved toward an established treatment option for AF …

Identifying patients with atrial fibrillation recurrences after two pulmonary vein isolation procedures

BA Mulder, MIH Al-Jazairi, FT Magni, HF Groenveld… - Open …, 2021 - openheart.bmj.com
Introduction Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is an important treatment for atrial fibrillation (AF).
However, many patients need more than one procedure to maintain long-term sinus rhythm …

[CITATION][C] Atrial Fibrillation| UMCG| Atrial Fibrillation

M Rienstra, IC Van Gelder, MIH Al-Jazairi, B Geelhoed…