Atrial remodeling in obstructive sleep apnea: Implications for atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 321-327

  Dimitri, Hany ^a   Ng, Michelle ^a   Brooks, Anthony G ^a   Kuklik, Pawel ^a   Stiles, Martin K ^a   Lau, Dennis H ^a   Antic, Nicholas ^b   Thornton, Andrew ^a   Saint, David A ^a   McEvoy, Doug ^b   Antic, Ral ^a   Kalman, Jonathan M ^c   Sanders, Prashanthan ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Hypoxia; Remodeling; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE; SINUS RHYTHM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; ANOXIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATING FACTORS; SINOATRIAL NODE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84857619245     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.10.017     Document Type: Article

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