Key result
Publications from 1906 first reveal AFib affects humans and is common in heart disease.
Why the study?
Physicians face a bewildering array of treatment options for atrial fibrillation, contrasting with the lack of understanding of the arrhythmia 100 years ago.
Provides a historical perspective on the discovery and evolution of our understanding of atrial fibrillation over the past century.
Provides historical AF context; leaves open integration into current practice or trials.
Today, there is talk about an epidemic of atrial fibrillation, and physicians caring for patients with this common arrhythmia face a bewildering array of treatment options. Contrast this situation with that of 1900, when no one understood the arrhythmia's mechanism or realized that it occurred in humans. One hundred years ago, in 1906, two publications — one from the Netherlands and the other from the United States — revealed that the arrhythmia, then called “auricular fibrillation,” did indeed affect humans, that it was in fact common in patients with heart disease, and that it could be identified by means of . . .
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W. Bruce Fye (2006) conducted an editorial in Atrial fibrillation. In 1906, publications from the Netherlands and the United States first revealed that atrial fibrillation affected humans and was common in patients with heart disease.
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