Adverse remodeling of the left atrium in patients with atrial fibrillation: When is the tipping point in which structural changes become permanent?

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 606-607

  Bunch, T Jared ^a   Day, John D ^a  

^a INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation; clinical: catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; HEART EDEMA; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION; TACHYCARDIA; THERMODYNAMICS; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 84930759894     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jce.12678     Document Type: Note

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