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List of works by Tze-Fan Chao

2016 Guidelines of the Taiwan Heart Rhythm Society and the Taiwan Society of Cardiology for the management of atrial fibrillation.

scientific article published on 24 November 2016

A Prospective, Randomized Comparison of Modified Pulmonary Vein Isolation Versus Conventional Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation ⬇️

scientific article published on June 15, 2012

A link between bilirubin levels and atrial fibrillation recurrence after catheter ablation

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

A novel finding of the atrial substrate properties and long-term results of catheter ablation in chronic atrial fibrillation patients with left atrial spontaneous echo contrast

A novel finding- impairment of gastric myoelectricity after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 23 May 2013

A novel method to enhance phenotype, epicardial functional substrates, and ventricular tachyarrhythmias in Brugada syndrome

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A prospective and randomized comparison of limited versus extensive atrial substrate modification after circumferential pulmonary vein isolation in nonparoxysmal atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 9 April 2014

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scientific article published on 16 April 2018

Ablation of ventricular arrhythmia originating at the papillary muscle using an automatic pacemapping module.

scientific article published in July 2016

Ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure is associated with idiopathic ventricular premature complexes burden: A cohort study with consecutive Holter recordings

scientific article published on 06 January 2019

An observational study on the effect of premature ventricular complex burden on long-term outcome

scientific article published on January 2017

Application of noninvasive signal-averaged electrocardiogram analysis in predicting the requirement of epicardial ablation in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 19 November 2019

Applying the CHA2DS2-VASc score to predict the risk of future acute coronary syndrome in patients receiving catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 28 June 2020

Association of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms with Atrial Fibrillation and the Outcome after Catheter Ablation.

scientific article published on September 2016

Associations among the CHADS(2) score, atrial substrate properties, and outcome of catheter ablation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 12 March 2011

Associations between renal function, atrial substrate properties and outcome of catheter ablation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 20 July 2011

Associations between the atrial electromechanical interval, atrial remodelling and outcome of catheter ablation in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation ⬇️

scientific article published on December 13, 2010

Atrial Substrate Properties and Outcome of Catheter Ablation in Patients With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Associated With Diabetes Mellitus or Impaired Fasting Glucose ⬇️

scientific article published on October 14, 2010

Atrial electromechanical interval can identify patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and is associated with CHADS2 score and peak velocity of left atrial appendage

scientific article published on 10 June 2011

Atrial fibrillation and the risk of ischemic stroke: does it still matter in patients with a CHA2DS2-VASc score of 0 or 1?

scientific article published on 7 August 2012

Atrial fibrillation influences survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: experience from a single center in Taiwan

scientific article published on 11 December 2013

Autonomic modulation before and after paroxysmal atrial fibrillation events in patients with ischemic heart disease ⬇️

scientific article published on 26 May 2020

Benefits of Atrial Substrate Modification Guided by Electrogram Similarity and Phase Mapping Techniques to Eliminate Rotors and Focal Sources Versus Conventional Defragmentation in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

scientific article published on 14 September 2016

Bleeding and New-Onset Cancers in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Receiving Nonvitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants

scientific article published on 03 December 2018

CHADS(2) and CHA(2)DS(2)-VASc scores in the prediction of clinical outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation

scientific article published in November 2011

CHADS2 score and risk of new-onset atrial fibrillation: A nationwide cohort study in Taiwan ⬇️

scientific article published on December 29, 2012

Can oral anticoagulants be stopped safely after a successful atrial fibrillation ablation?

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Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation reduces the risk of dementia and hospitalization during a very long-term follow-up

scientific article published on 11 December 2019

Characteristics and long-term catheter ablation outcome in long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation patients with non-pulmonary vein triggers.

scientific article published on 21 April 2017

Characteristics and significance of very early recurrence of atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation

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Characteristics of diurnal ventricular premature complex variation in right ventricular outflow tract arrhythmias after catheter ablation

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Characteristics of recurrent ventricular tachyarrhythmia after catheter ablation in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 04 February 2019

Cigarette smoking causes a worse long-term outcome in persistent atrial fibrillation following catheter ablation.

scientific article published on 9 February 2018

Circadian rhythm dynamics on multiscale entropy identifies autonomic dysfunction associated with risk of ventricular arrhythmias and near syncope in chronic kidney disease

scientific article published on 03 July 2020

Circulating microRNAs in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy with ventricular arrhythmia.

scientific article published on 25 September 2017

Clinical efficacy of open-irrigated electrode cooled with half-normal saline for initially failed radiofrequency ablation of idiopathic outflow tract ventricular arrhythmias

scientific article published on 18 July 2019

Clinical outcome of catheter ablation in patients with nonparoxysmal atrial fibrillation: results of 3-year follow-up

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Clinical significance of J wave in prediction of ventricular arrhythmia in patients with acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 28 December 2018

Clinical significance of novel cloud-based telemetry ECG in detecting arrhythmias, reducing hospitalizations and medical cost ⬇️

scientific article published on May 22, 2013

Comparison of phase mapping and electrogram-based driver mapping for catheter ablation in atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 27 December 2018

Comparisons of CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc scores for stroke risk stratification in atrial fibrillation: Which scoring system should be used for Asians?

scientific article published on 12 August 2015

Cool seasons are related to poor prognosis in patients with infective endocarditis ⬇️

scientific article published on March 13, 2012

Current and state of the art on the electrophysiologic characteristics and catheter ablation of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 25 March 2015

Delayed association of acute particulate matter 2.5 air pollution exposure with loss of complexity in cardiac rhythm dynamics: insight from detrended fluctuation analysis

scientific article published on 26 October 2020

Differences in high on-treatment platelet reactivity between intra-coronary and peripheral blood after dual anti-platelet agents in patients with coronary artery disease.

scientific article published on 16 May 2013

Differences in the Atrial Electrophysiological Properties Between Vagal and Sympathetic Types of Atrial Fibrillation ⬇️

scientific article published on February 25, 2013

Different characteristics and electrophysiological properties between early and late recurrences after acute successful catheter ablation of idiopathic right ventricular outflow tract arrhythmias during long-term follow-up

scientific article published on 12 June 2014

Different patterns of atrial remodeling after catheter ablation of chronic atrial fibrillation

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Differentiating Macroreentrant from Focal Atrial Tachycardias Occurred After Circumferential Pulmonary Vein Isolation ⬇️

scientific article published on January 14, 2011

Diurnal cardiac sympathetic hyperactivity after exposure to acute particulate matter 2.5 air pollution

scientific article published on 15 November 2018

Does digoxin increase the risk of ischemic stroke and mortality in atrial fibrillation? A nationwide population-based cohort study

scientific article published on 14 May 2014

Dynamic unipolar voltage criteria of right ventricular septum for identifying left ventricular septal scar

scientific article published on 29 January 2019

Early detection of electromechanical dysfunction in patients with idiopathic premature ventricular contractions

scientific article published on 17 April 2019

Early repolarization of surface ECG predicts fatal ventricular arrhythmias in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy and symptomatic ventricular arrhythmias

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Electrocardiographic characteristics for predicting idiopathic right ventricular outflow tract premature ventricular complex-induced cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 11 June 2018

Electrocardiographic features of failed and recurrent right ventricular outflow tract catheter ablation of idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias.

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Electrophysiological and clinical characteristics of catheter ablation for isolated left side atrial tachycardia over a 10-year period

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Electrophysiological correlation and prognostic impact of heat shock protein 27 in atrial fibrillation.

scientific article published on 21 February 2012

Epicardial adipose tissue thickness and ablation outcome of atrial fibrillation

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European Society of Cardiology Guideline-Adherent Antithrombotic Treatment and Risk of Mortality in Asian Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

scientific article published on 08 August 2016

Extremely late recurrences (≥3 years) of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia: Electrophysiological characteristics of the index and repeat ablation procedures

scientific article published on 04 February 2020

Factors predisposing to ventricular proarrhythmia during antiarrhythmic drug therapy for atrial fibrillation in patients with structurally normal heart.

scientific article published on 15 April 2015

Gender Difference in Idiopathic Right Ventricular Outflow Tract-Ventricular Tachycardia

scientific article published in July 2013

Gender differences in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy: Clinical manifestations, electrophysiological properties, substrate characteristics, and prognosis of radiofrequency catheter ablation

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Gender differences of electrophysiologic characteristics in patients with accessory atrioventricular pathways

scientific article published on 13 December 2010

High-resolution mapping of pulmonary vein potentials improved the successful pulmonary vein isolation using small electrodes and inter-electrode spacing catheter

scientific article published on 19 June 2018

History of hyperthyroidism and long-term outcome of catheter ablation of drug-refractory atrial fibrillation.

scientific article published on 3 June 2015

Hyperuricemia and the risk of ischemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation--could it refine clinical risk stratification in AF?

scientific article published on 13 November 2013

Identification and management of noncompliance in atrial fibrillation patients receiving dabigatran: the role of a drug monitor

scientific article published on 20 January 2015

Identification of critical isthmus using coherent mapping in patients with scar-related atrial tachycardia

scientific article published on 30 March 2020

Impact of Renal Denervation on Atrial Arrhythmogenic Substrate in Ischemic Model of Heart Failure

scientific article published on 22 January 2018

Impact of renal dysfunction on clinical outcome in patients with low risk of atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 13 February 2014

Incidence and risk factors for new-onset atrial fibrillation among patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing renal replacement therapy

scientific article published on 14 January 2015

Incidence and risk of atrial fibrillation in sleep-disordered breathing without coexistent systemic disease

scientific article published on 23 July 2014

Increased risk of ventricular tachycardia and cardiovascular death in patients with myocarditis during the long-term follow-up: A national representative cohort from the National Health Insurance Research Database

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Increased risk of ventricular tachycardia in patients with sarcoidosis during the very long term follow-up.

scientific article published on 7 November 2016

Interleukin-17 enhances cardiac ventricular remodeling via activating MAPK pathway in ischemic heart failure

scientific article published on 08 August 2018

Intermediate Pause at Daytime Is Associated With Increased Cardiovascular Risk and Mortality: An 8-Year Cohort Study

scientific article published on 12 June 2018

Left Atrial Size and Left Ventricular End-Systolic Dimension Predict the Progression of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation After Catheter Ablation.

scientific article published on 25 October 2016

Left Ventricular Electromechanical Remodeling Detected by Acoustic Cardiography in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

scientific article published on 18 June 2020

Long-Term Outcome of Non-Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia in Structurally Normal Hearts

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Long-Term Prognosis in Recipients of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators for Secondary Preventions in Taiwan - A Multicenter Registry Study

scientific article published on January 2014

Long-term efficacy and safety of adjunctive ethanol infusion into the vein of Marshall during catheter ablation for nonparoxysmal atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 30 May 2019

Long-term outcome of catheter ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation originating from nonpulmonary vein ectopy

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Long-term outcome of catheter ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation originating from the superior vena cava

scientific article published on May 3, 2012

Long-term outcome of multiform premature ventricular complexes in structurally normal heart

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Long-term prognosis of patients older than ninety years after permanent pacemaker implantation: does the procedure save the patients?

scientific article published on 13 April 2014

Long‐Term Follow‐Up in Patients with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy ⬇️

scientific article published on February 21, 2012

Management of Atrial Fibrillation in COVID-19 Pandemic

scientific article published on 09 September 2020

MicroRNA-133 suppresses ZFHX3-dependent atrial remodelling and arrhythmia

scientific article published on 18 June 2019

Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants in Elderly (≥85 years) Patients With Newly Diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation: Changing Clinical Practice and Outcomes for Stroke Prevention in a Nationwide Cohort Study

scientific article published on 01 January 2021

Nonlinear Analysis of Fibrillatory Electrogram Similarity to Optimize the Detection of Complex Fractionated Electrograms During Persistent Atrial Fibrillation ⬇️

scientific article published on November 6, 2012

Novel assessment of temporal variation in fractionated electrograms using histogram analysis of local fractionation interval in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 25 July 2012

Novel electrocardiogram and electrophysiological findings for differentiating idiopathic left posterior papillary muscle and left posterior fascicular ventricular arrhythmias

scientific article published on 4 July 2017

Oral anticoagulant use for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation patients with difficult scenarios

scientific article published on 31 August 2018

Outcome of rescue ablation in patients with refractory ventricular electrical storm requiring mechanical circulation support

scientific article published on 15 December 2019

Paradoxical Aging Changes of the Atrioventricular Nodal Properties in Patients With Atrioventricular Nodal Re-Entrant Tachycardia ⬇️

scientific article published on April 22, 2011

Permanent Pacemaker Implantation for Late Atrioventricular Block in Patients Receiving Catheter Ablation for Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia ⬇️

scientific article published on December 4, 2012

Plasma Asymmetric Dimethylarginine and Adverse Events in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Referred for Coronary Angiogram ⬇️

scientific article published on August 7, 2013

Precordial T-Wave Inversions in Patients with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Who Present with the Initial Features of Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Arrhythmia

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Predicting the Origin of Ventricular Arrhythmia Using Acoustic Cardiography.

scientific article published on 14 November 2017

Predictors and Characteristics of Multiple (More Than 2) Catheter Ablation Procedures for Atrial Fibrillation

scientific article published on 14 July 2015

Prognostic Significance of Premature Atrial Complexes Burden in Prediction of Long-Term Outcome

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Prolonged Atrium Electromechanical Interval Is Associated with Stroke in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation After Catheter Ablation ⬇️

scientific article published on December 17, 2012

R2CHADS2 score and thromboembolic events after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in comparison with the CHA2DS2-VASc score

scientific article published on 13 January 2014

Radiofrequency ablation of accessory pathways in patients with the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome: long-term risk of mortality and coronary events.

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Radiofrequency catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias originating from the continuum between the aortic sinus of Valsalva and the left ventricular summit: Electrocardiographic characteristics and correlative anatomy

scientific article published on 21 August 2015

Rate-control treatment and mortality in atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 17 September 2015

Relationship between the CHADS2 score and risk of very late recurrences after catheter ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation ⬇️

scientific article published on March 7, 2012

Renal dysfunction and the risk of thromboembolic events in patients with atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation--the potential role beyond the CHA₂DS₂-VASc score

scientific article published on 30 June 2012

Resistin as a Biomarker for the Prediction of Left Atrial Substrate and Recurrence in Patients with Drug-Refractory Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Catheter Ablation

scientific article published on 15 May 2020

Right atrial substrate remodeling and atrioventricular node conduction properties in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation ⬇️

scientific article published on May 26, 2012

Risk and predictors of subsequent cancers of patients with newly-diagnosed atrial fibrillation - A nationwide population-based study

scientific article published on 10 August 2019

Risk of Stroke in Patients With Short-Run Atrial Tachyarrhythmia

scientific article published on 16 November 2017

Risk stratification of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy based on signal averaged electrocardiograms

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Safety and Efficacy of Epicardial Ablation of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias: Experience from a Tertiary Referral Center in Taiwan

scientific article published in January 2018

Seasonal variation in the frequency of sudden cardiac death and ventricular tachyarrhythmia in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy: the effect of meteorological factors

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Shorter Leukocyte Telomere Length Is Associated With Atrial Remodeling and Predicts Recurrence in Younger Patients With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation After Radiofrequency Ablation

scientific article published on 23 May 2019

Sinus node dysfunction in atrial fibrillation patients: the evidence of regional atrial substrate remodelling ⬇️

scientific article published on July 6, 2012

Successful catheter ablation reduces the risk of cardiovascular events in atrial fibrillation patients with CHA2DS2-VASc risk score of 1 and higher ⬇️

scientific article published on November 28, 2012

Ten-year ablation outcomes of patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation undergoing pulmonary vein isolation

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

The Application of Ambulatory Electrocardiographically-Based T-Wave Alternans in Patients with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy.

scientific article published on 5 February 2016

The Application of Novel Segmentation Software to Create Left Atrial Geometry for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: The Implication of Spatial Resolution

scientific article published on 25 June 2020

The Clinical Application of the Deep Learning Technique for Predicting Trigger Origins in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Patients with Catheter Ablation

scientific article published on 06 October 2020

The application of signal average ECG in the prediction of recurrences after catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 18 January 2017

The assessment of anticoagulant activity to predict bleeding outcome in atrial fibrillation patients receiving dabigatran etexilate

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The association between atrium electromechanical interval and pericardial fat.

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The association between heme oxygenase-1 gene promoter polymorphism and the outcomes of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

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The association between hyperuricemia, left atrial size and new-onset atrial fibrillation ⬇️

scientific article published on July 17, 2013

The association between the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and atrial fibrillation: A nationwide case–control study ⬇️

scientific article published on October 7, 2012

The correlation between ventricular repolarization and clinical severity of spinal cord injuries.

scientific article published on 26 January 2011

The impact of age on the electrophysiological characteristics and different arrhythmia patterns in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

scientific article published on October 6, 2010

The impact of anatomical remodeling of the left atrium and pulmonary vein on the recurrence of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation

scientific article published on 4 August 2014

The importance of extrapulmonary vein triggers and atypical atrial flutter in atrial fibrillation recurrence after cryoablation: Insights from repeat ablation procedures

scientific article published on 04 October 2018

The presence of ectopic atrial rhythm predicts adverse cardiovascular outcomes in a large hospital-based population

scientific article published on 04 February 2020

The prevalence and characteristics of coexisted atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia and idiopathic left fascicular ventricular tachycardia

scientific article published on 24 May 2018

The relationship among atrium electromechanical interval, insulin resistance, and metabolic syndrome

scientific article published on 13 March 2013

The roles of alcohol dehydrogenase in patients with atrial fibrillation

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The use of a novel signal analysis to identify the origin of idiopathic right ventricular outflow tract ventricular tachycardia during sinus rhythm: Simultaneous amplitude frequency electrogram transformation mapping

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The use of signal analyses of ventricular tachycardia electrograms to predict the response of antitachycardia pacing in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

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Transforming growth factor-β1 level and outcome after catheter ablation for nonparoxysmal atrial fibrillation.

scientific article published on 14 September 2012

Uninterrupted non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants during implantation of cardiac implantable electronic devices in patients with atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Unipolar peak-negative voltage as an endocardial electrographic characteristic to predict overlying abnormal epicardial substrates in patients with right epicardial ventricular tachycardia

scientific article published on 22 August 2014

Vasovagal responses during cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation predict favorable mid-term outcomes

scientific article published on 31 January 2018

Ventricular arrhythmias in nonischemic cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 07 March 2018

When Atrial Fibrillation Co-Exists with Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Prior Coronary Intervention - Does Ablation Benefit?

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