Atrial Fibrillation and Its Complications: Preventive Strategies and Relative Evidence—2nd Edition
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Cardiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2026
Special Issue Editor
Interests: atrial fibrillation; structural heart intervention; stroke; left atrial appendage; cardiac computed tomography angiography
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Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the second edition of the Special Issue “Atrial Fibrillation and Its Complications: Preventive Strategies and Relative Evidence”, which comes as a result of the success of the first edition, in which we published 10 papers. For more details, please visit: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcm/special_issues/9VXH0M3C1X.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia in clinical practice, with rising incidence and prevalence globally. AF represents an increasing healthcare issue due to the multiple potential associated complications, including a 5-fold increase in stroke and heart failure, a 2-fold increase in myocardial infarction, as well as dementia and cognitive decline. Over the past decade, several therapeutic strategies have emerged in clinical practice with the aim of preventing such complications. Oral anticoagulation reduces the risk of ischemic stroke by almost 70% but is associated with bleeding risk. Percutaneous left atrial appendage closure is a valuable alternative therapeutic strategy for stroke prevention in patients with AF at increased risk of bleeding. Anti-arrhythmic drugs and catheter ablation are effective in reducing the AF burden and improving patient quality of life.
We are pleased to invite you to submit original research papers or state-of-the-art reviews for this Special Issue focusing on preventive strategies of AF and its complications, emphasizing both supporting evidence and limitations related to current pharmacological and interventional approaches.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Roberto Galea
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- oral anticoagulation
- left atrial appendage closure
- stroke prevent
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