Reverse Remodeling of the Atria After Treatment of Chronic Stretch in Humans. Implications for the Atrial Fibrillation Substrate

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1217-1226

  John, Bobby ^a,b   Stiles, Martin K ^a   Kuklik, Pawel ^a   Brooks, Anthony G ^a   Chandy, Sunil T ^b   Kalman, Jonathan M ^c   Sanders, Prashanthan ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; reverse remodeling; rheumatic mitral stenosis; substrate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER; CHRONIC STRETCH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART STRESS; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE COMMISSUROTOMY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949283535     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.10.046     Document Type: Article

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