The "Second Factor": A First Step Toward Diagnosing the Substrate of Atrial Fibrillation?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 53, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1192-1193

  Allessie, Maurits ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; atrial remodeling; diagnosis of atrial fibrillation; lone atrial fibrillation; substrate of atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROGRAPHY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LUNG DISEASE; MYOFILAMENT; P WAVE; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 63049105939     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.01.008     Document Type: Editorial

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