Rethinking atrial fibrillation classification: Static labels in a dynamic disease

Eur J Intern Med. 2026 Jun:148:106870. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2026.106870. Epub 2026 Apr 12.

¹ Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences at University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University and Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
² Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences at University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University and Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom; Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark; Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland. Electronic address: gregory.lip@liverpool.ac.uk.

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Keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Burden; Paroxysmal AF; Progression.