Atrial electrical and structural remodeling associated with longstanding pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular hypertrophy in humans

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 614-620

  Medi, Caroline ^a,b   Kalman, Jonathan M ^b   Ling, Liang Han ^a,b   Teh, Andrew W ^a,b   Lee, Geoffrey ^a,b   Lee, Geraldine ^a   Spence, Steven J ^b   Kaye, David M ^a   Kistler, Peter M ^a,b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial fibrosis; Electroanatomic mapping; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SINUS NODE RECOVERY TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY ARTERY; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SINOATRIAL NODE; TIME FACTORS; VICTORIA; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

EID: 84862200999     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02255.x     Document Type: Article

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