Atrial deformation: The key to maintenance of sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1483-1484

  Dokainish, Hisham ^a   Connolly, Stuart J ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; FIBRONECTIN; METALLOPROTEINASE;

CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVERSION; CATHETER ABLATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS;

EID: 45849098236     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn227     Document Type: Editorial

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