Persistent lone atrial fibrillation: Clinicopathologic study of 19 cases

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1250-1258

  Corradi, Domenico ^a   Callegari, Sergio ^b   Manotti, Laura ^a   Ferrara, David ^c   Goldoni, Matteo ^a   Alinovi, Rossella ^a   Pinelli, Silvana ^a   Mozzoni, Paola ^a   Andreoli, Roberta ^a   Asimaki, Angeliki ^d   Pozzoli, Alberto ^c   Becchi, Gabriella ^a   Mutti, Antonio ^a   Benussi, Stefano ^c   Saffitz, Jeffrey E ^d   Alfieri, Ottavio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Vaio Hospital   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial cardiomyocyte; Lone atrial fibrillation; Pathology; Remodeling; Structure

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; HEME OXYGENASE 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 8; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; AGED; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL REMODELING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84903268441     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.02.008     Document Type: Article

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