Differential structural remodeling of the left-atrial posterior wall in patients affected by mitral regurgitation with or without persistent atrial fibrillation: A morphological and molecular study

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 271-279

  Corradi, Domenico ^a   Callegari, Sergio ^c   Maestri, Roberta ^a   Ferrara, David ^d   Mangieri, Domenica ^b   Alinovi, Rossella ^a   Mozzoni, Paola ^a   Pinelli, Silvana ^a   Goldoni, Matteo ^a   Privitera, Ylenia Adelaide ^d   Bartoli, Veronica ^a   Astorri, Ettore ^a   MacChi, Emilio ^a   Vaglio, Augusto ^b   Benussi, Stefano ^d   Alfieri, Ottavio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c Vaio Hospital   (Italy)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; inflammation; left atrium; mitral regurgitation; remodeling

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; HEME OXYGENASE 1; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MESSENGER RNA; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 2; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINUS RHYTHM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD31; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTOPSY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALPAIN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84858622160     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02187.x     Document Type: Article

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