Obesity results in progressive atrial structural and electrical remodeling: Implications for atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 90-100

  Abed, Hany S ^a   Samuel, Chrishan S ^b   Lau, Dennis H ^a   Kelly, Darren J ^c   Royce, Simon G ^b   Alasady, Muayad ^a   Mahajan, Rajiv ^a   Kuklik, Pawel ^a   Zhang, Yuan ^c   Brooks, Anthony G ^a   Nelson, Adam J ^a   Worthley, Stephen G ^a   Abhayaratna, Walter P ^d,e   Kalman, Jonathan M ^c   Wittert, Gary A ^a   Sanders, Prashanthan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Capital Territory ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Conduction velocity; Fibrosis; Obesity; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART VOLUME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LIPIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOTHELIN-1; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEMODYNAMICS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN A; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN B; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SHEEP; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84872019798     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.08.043     Document Type: Article

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