Atrial electrical and structural remodeling: Implications for racial differences in atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL 1, 2012, Pages s36-s40

  Lau, Chu Pak ^a   Tse, Hung Fat ^b   Siu, Chung Wah ^b   Gbadebo, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; PHOSPHODIESTERASE IV;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME 16Q; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPANESE; NEGRO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; ACTION POTENTIAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; PATHOLOGY; RACE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84875831616     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12022     Document Type: Article

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