New insight into the association among atrial fibrillation, electrophysiological remodeling, and the ACE insertion/deletion polymorphism-Toward a more patient-tailored therapy?

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1333-1334

  van den Berg, Maarten P ^a   Van Gelder, Isabelle C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDEL MUTATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; P WAVE; PHENOTYPE; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; INNERVATION; PATHOLOGY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 68949200122     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.06.008     Document Type: Editorial

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