Heart failure, diastolic dysfunction and atrial fibrillation; Mechanistic insight of a complex inter-relationship

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-33

  Caldwell, J C ^a,b   Mamas, M A ^a,b  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diastolic dysfunction; Heart failure; Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RISK FACTOR;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE, DIASTOLIC; HUMANS;

EID: 84655174976     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: 15737322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10741-010-9204-4     Document Type: Article

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