Type 2 diabetes mellitus and atrial fibrillation: From mechanisms to clinical practice

Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 269-276

  Tadic, Marijana ^a,b   Cuspidi, Cesare ^c  

^a University Clinical Hospital Center Dr DragisaMisovic Dedinje   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Clinical studies; Mechanisms; Treatment; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DRUG EFFECTS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL REMODELING; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CATHETER ABLATION; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84928585800     PISSN: 18752136     EISSN: 18752128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2015.01.009     Document Type: Review

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