Electrophysiology

  • New atrial fibrillation guideline: Modify risk, control rhythm, prevent progression
    CME article
    Laura A. Campbell, MD, Jessica P. Ammon, DO, Rachana Kombathula, MD, Naa’irah Muhammad, MD and Christopher D. Jackson, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2025, 92 (5) 291-296; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.92a.24067

    Key updates in the new American guideline include recommendations for aggressive lifestyle and risk-factor modifications, annual assessment of thromboembolic risk, and early rhythm control.

  • The beat goes on: Highlights from the new American and European A-fib guidelines
    Sandra Howell, MBBS, MEd, MSc, MPhil, Alphonsus Liew, MBBS and Christopher Aldo Rinaldi, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2025, 92 (5) 297-300; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.92a.25030

    The authors discuss and compare the latest atrial fibrillation guidelines from American and European medical societies.

  • Shortness of breath in a 52-year-old man with HIV and severe mitral regurgitation
    Felix Wangmang, MD, PharmD, Achilles Aiken, MD and Kuang-Yuh Chyu, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2025, 92 (1) 23-30; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.92a.24060

    The patient presented with 3 weeks of acute on chronic dyspnea on exertion with progression to dyspnea at rest and associated orthopnea.