Persistent atrial fibrillation: current approach and controversies
Bibliographic record
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To address the changing definition of atrial fibrillation as it reflects the major paradigm shift in the comprehension of mechanisms underlying atrial fibrillation and the possible treatment options targeting persistent atrial fibrillation. RECENT FINDINGS: Persistent atrial fibrillation exists in a spectrum that is linked to paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. The mechanism underlying persistent atrial fibrillation has evolved significantly but requires further understanding in order to improve its management. The role of external factors, such as blood pressure, on the development of persistent atrial fibrillation and its underlying substrate require further exploration. Catheter ablation has evolved significantly but controversy remains regarding the optimal approach for persistent atrial fibrillation. SUMMARY: The definition of atrial fibrillation has evolved significantly as a result of knowledge gathered from therapy with catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation. Further trials are required to investigate the causes, mechanisms and optimal therapies for persistent atrial fibrillation.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame distilled prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.003 | 0.002 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".