Atrial fibrillation is associated with the fibrotic remodelling of adipose tissue in the subepicardium of human and sheep atria

European Heart Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 53-61

  Haemers, Peter ^a   Hamdi, Hadhami ^b,c,d   Guedj, Kevin ^e   Suffee, Nadine ^b   Farahmand, Patrick ^c   Popovic, Natasa ^a   Claus, Piet ^a   LePrince, Pascal ^c   Nicoletti, Antonino ^e   Jalife, Jose ^f   Wolke, Carmen ^g   Lendeckel, Uwe ^g   Jais, Pierre ^h   Willems, Rik ^a   Hatem, Stéphane N ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSERM UMR S1166 Team Cardiac Electrophysiology ^*  (France)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial myocardium; Fibrosis

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; CD15 ANTIGEN; CD20 ANTIGEN;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OVINE MODEL; PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PERMANENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE MODEL; FIBROSIS; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM REMODELING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHEEP;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL REMODELING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHEEP;

EID: 85016062168     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv625     Document Type: Article

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