Sentence examples for long-standing persistent from inspiring English sources

Foci and/or substrate outside the pulmonary veins, particularly in the left atrial appendage (LAA), has been identified as a key mechanism in the maintenance of persistent AF and long-standing persistent AF.

FIRM-PVI patients were more likely than PVI-controls to be male (83% vs. 66%, P < 0.001) and have long-standing persistent AF (26% vs. 13%, P < 0.001) reflecting patients referred for FIRM.

Pulmonary vein antrum isolation (PVI) as a treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with a high rate of success; however, outcomes for treating persistent and long-standing persistent AF with PVI alone are substantially lower and often require multiple procedures to maintain long-term freedom from atrial arrhythmias.

CONCLUSIONS:Statistical modeling using TTM recordings after MVS in patients with (long-standing) persistent AF suggests that a biatrial maze is associated with lower AF/AFL/AT prevalence, but not a lower load, compared with pulmonary vein isolation.

OBJECTIVE To use novel statistical methods for analyzing the effect of lesion set on (long-standing) persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) in the Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network trial of surgical ablation during mitral valve surgery (MVS).

Although several randomized clinical trials have demonstrated the safety and efficacy of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) in experienced centers, the outcomes of this procedure in routine clinical practice and in patients with persistent and long-standing persistent AF remain uncertain.

But in a country as diverse as ours with long-standing and persistent child welfare problems, we shouldn't overgeneralize too much from this case or a few others like it.

In the United States, the likelihood of substantial disparities in access to timely and appropriate care under influenza pandemic conditions is high, given long-standing and persistent disparities in access to medical care.

A 1999 study heightened long-standing concerns over persistent organic pollutant contamination in the Aral Sea area, detecting elevated levels in breast milk and cord blood of women in Karakalpakstan (western Uzbekistan).

This preliminary study adds to the growing body of work pointing toward the CAT approach combined with IRT as a feasible solution to the persistent long-standing challenge of providing accuracy in outcome assessment and practicality of administration.

Most objective observers would attribute such persistent and long-standing inequalities to endemic, systemic problems that need to be addressed by the whole nation.