Dominant frequency increase rate predicts transition from paroxysmal to long-term persistent atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 129, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1472-1482

  Martins, Raphael P ^a   Kaur, Kuljeet ^a   Hwang, Elliot ^a   Ramirez, Rafael J ^a   Willis, B Cicero ^a   Filgueiras Rama, David ^a   Ennis, Steven R ^a   Takemoto, Yoshio ^a   Ponce Balbuena, Daniela ^a   Zarzoso, Manuel ^a   O'Connell, Ryan P ^a   Musa, Hassan ^a   Guerrero Serna, Guadalupe ^a   Avula, Uma Mahesh R ^a   Swartz, Michael F ^b   Bhushal, Sandesh ^c   Deo, Makarand ^c   Pandit, Sandeep V ^a   Berenfeld, Omer ^a   Jalife, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; electrophysiological; fibrosis; ion channels; refractory period

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC MONITOR; IMPLANTED HEART PACEMAKER; ION CURRENT; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; OVINE MODEL; PAROXYSMAL TO PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINUS RHYTHM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; FIBROSIS; ION CHANNELS; REFRACTORY PERIOD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART RATE; HYPERTROPHY; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; SHEEP; SINOATRIAL NODE; SODIUM CHANNELS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84898029890     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.004742     Document Type: Article

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